#252378 bash: bash does not exit on fatal shift error

Package:
bash
Source:
bash
Description:
GNU Bourne Again SHell
Submitter:
Date:
2024-04-15 12:21:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
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#252378#5
Date:
2004-06-03 01:01:29 UTC
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herbert@bree:~$ bash -o posix -c 'shift 2; echo hi'
hi
herbert@bree:~$ dash -c 'shift 2; echo hi'
shift: 1: can't shift that many
herbert@bree:~$
#252378#10
Date:
2004-06-03 15:26:22 UTC
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Would you classify this as a `utility syntax error'?  I don't -- it's a
simple out of range operand.  Other than that possibility, this doesn't
seem to fit into the list of errors that posix says should be fatal for
special builtins running in non-interactive shells.

Chet
#252378#15
Date:
2004-06-03 21:37:47 UTC
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FWIW pdksh also exits like dash.

Cheers,