Re: function names starting with %

[Emanuele Torre]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 09:37:42PM +0300, Oğuz wrote:
> You can do these
> 
> $ %f(){ :;}
> $ declare -f %f
> %f ()
> {
>     :
> }
> $ unset -f %f
> $ declare -f %f
> $ echo $?
> 1
> 
> but not call them
> 
> $ %f
> bash: fg: %f: no such job
> $ '%f'
> bash: fg: %f: no such job
> $ \%f
> bash: fg: %f: no such job
> 
> Why is that? Would it be a bad idea to let such functions take
> precedence over jobspecs?
> 
> Oğuz
> 

There are actually ways to call them:

    $ %f(){ echo hi;}
    $ compgen -F %f
    bash: compgen: warning: -F option may not work as you expect
    hi

😎

o/
 emanuele6