Re: function grammar

[Chet Ramey]

> from man bash, to define a function use;
> 
> "function" "name" <compound-command>
>   OR
> "name" () <compound-command>
> 
> right?
> 
> And Compound Commands are:
> 
>   ( <list>)
>    { <list>; )
>   (( expression ))
>   [[ expression ]]
> ...et al....
> 
> so why do I get a syntax error for
> 
> function good_dir [[ -n $1 && -d $1 && -r $1  && -x $1 ]]
> 
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `[['

Good catch.  This will be fixed in bash-4.2.

Chet

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