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Include column in syntax error message

From	Karl-Philipp Richter <richter@richtercloud.de>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Include column in syntax error message
Date	2015-12-23 00:17 +0100
Message-ID	<mailman.428.1450858790.843.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)

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Hi,
Currently, syntax error messages like ``bash: syntax error near
unexpected token `;'``, e.g. after issuing `echo a &; echo b &; echo c
&;` aren't as helpful as they could be. It'd be nice to know at which
column, i.e. which `;`, the message refers to by adding the column to
the error message, e.g. ``bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
(col. y)``.

- -Kalle

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