Re: hash -l with empty hash table prints to stdout

[Dale R. Worley]

What a weird problem!  Yes, "hash -l" should produce output that can be
read by bash.  But sending the "bash: hash table empty" message to
stderr put you in the situation where "hash -l >file" doesn't really
leave the output of "hash -l" in "file".  Maybe you could make the empty
message be a comment?

    $ hash -l
    # hash: hash table empty

That is acceptable input for bash, has the right effect when read by
bash, is human-readable, and is capturable by redirecting stdout.

Dale