On 2021/08/14 17:05, Kerin Millar wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 15:59:38 -0700
George Nachman wrote:
This does not constitute a valid test case for two reasons. Firstly,
aliases have no effect in scripts unless the expand_aliases shell
option is set.
1) I frequently use for loops in
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 2:00 AM George Nachman wrote:
> Defining an alias named `done` breaks parsing a for loop that does not have
> an `in word` clause.
>
alias done=""
>
Works for me:
$ set -- a b c
$ alias done='echo hi; done'
$ for x do done
hi
hi
hi
Not that I think it's a good idea to
On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 1:59 AM George Nachman wrote:
> `done` should not be considered a simple command in the context where it
> would terminate a for loop. Alternately, prevent the user from creating
> aliases that will cause problems like this.
There already is an alias substitution rule for
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021, at 6:59 PM, George Nachman wrote:
> Description:
> Defining an alias named `done` breaks parsing a for loop that does not have
> an `in word` clause.
>
>
> Repeat-By:
>
> Run the following script. It fails with this error:
>
> myscript.bash: line 7: syntax error near unexp
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 15:59:38 -0700
George Nachman wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: darwin20.5.0
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security
> uname output: Darwin Georges-Mac-Pro.local 20.5.
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: darwin20.5.0
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security
uname output: Darwin Georges-Mac-Pro.local 20.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version
20.5.0: Sat May 8 05:10:33 PDT 2021; root:xnu-
