Re: Function definitions

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/26/18 5:45 AM, moosotc@gmail.com wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 19
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>         Bash rejects valid function definitions
> 
> Repeat-By:
> 
> $ func() true
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `true'

Yes, bash requires that function bodies be compound commands, as the Posix
grammar specifies.

> # Variant#2
> $ func() { true }
>> ^C

This is not a valid compound command. To be recognized as a reserved word,
and end the group command, the close brace must appear in a context where
a reserved word is valid. The argument to a simple command is not such a
place.

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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/