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Re: 'declare -f|-F FUNCNAME' fails if FUNCNAME contains a '['
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: 'declare -f|-F FUNCNAME' fails if FUNCNAME contains a '[' |
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Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:16:54 -0400 |
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On 10/23/17 6:10 PM, oliver.physik@gmail.com wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 46
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> If a function FUNCNAME contains the '[' character, 'declare -F
> FUNCNAME' and 'declare -f FUNCNAME'
> fails:
> bash: declare: `[': not a valid identifier
> If called without argument FUNCNAME (to display all declared functions)
> FUNCNAME is displayed
> correctly.
Use `declare -fp' when you want to display function definitions to avoid
this.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/