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Re: temp setting POSIXLY_CORRECT turns alias expansion off

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On 1/15/20 10:24 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
> When alias expansion is enabled for a script in bash native mode, prefixing 
> POSIXLY_CORRECT=y to any command will turn alias expansion globally off. 
> This is a bug because the assignment should only have effect on that command.

You're probably right, but it's an interesting question.

The idea is that

POSIXLY_CORRECT=y true

is essentially equivalent (assuming POSIXLY_CORRECT is not already set) to

POSIXLY_CORRECT=y ; true; unset POSIXLY_CORRECT

and turning off posix mode resets a default environment.


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Re: temp setting POSIXLY_CORRECT turns alias expansion off Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2020-01-16 11:02 -0500

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