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Re: bash accepts script with incorrect syntax and goes into infinite loo
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Dave B |
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Re: bash accepts script with incorrect syntax and goes into infinite loop |
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Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:24:43 +0100 |
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On Friday 09 October 2009, Pierre Gaston wrote:
> > Repeat-By:
> > printf '%s\n%s\n' foo bar | while read NAME;
> > echo NAME=$NAME
> > do
> > echo blah
> > done
>
> Not sure what is the incorrect syntax, and it seems normal that it goes
> into an infinite loop since echo is always true.
Well, it seems to me (and as stated in the bug report) that a "do" should
follow the "while read NAME;".
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D.