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Re: return bultin ignores explicit exit value when used in DEBUG trap

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On 11/19/15 2:06 AM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> Not sure if this is a documentation bug or a functional one, but the man page does not seem to agree with the observed behavior for return when invoked in DEBUG traps.

Thanks for the report.  The internal trap handler used for DEBUG and other
signals the shell treats specially needed to pick up the argument supplied
to `return' as well as noting `return' was called.

This affects the DEBUG, RETURN, and ERROR traps.

Chet
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