Re: Variable var names

From	Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Newsgroups	comp.unix.shell
Subject	Re: Variable var names
Date	2026-06-24 11:41 +0000
Message-ID	<slrn113ngjb.3j2.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> (permalink)
References	<n91qs8Fk65fU1@mid.individual.net> <20260623140125.387@kylheku.com>

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On 2026-06-23, Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> wrote:

> It is also written that "If the command name is a special built-in
> utility, variable assignments shall affect the current execution
> environment before the utility is executed and remain in effect when the
> command completes". So in fact ksh is conforming, even though it
> is arguably a dumb behavior that Bash disagrees with (even in --posix
> mode; just tested with 4.4 and 5.1).

$ bash -c 'foo=bar eval : ; echo x$foo'
x
$ bash --posix -c 'foo=bar eval : ; echo x$foo'
xbar
$ bash -c 'echo $BASH_VERSION'
5.3.15(0)-release

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

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    Re: Variable var names Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de> - 2026-06-12 15:19 +0200
    Re: Variable var names Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-13 02:51 +0000
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    Re: Variable var names Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@erine.email> - 2026-06-24 10:45 +0200
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