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Re: /bin/sh as an alternative



Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 12:08:47AM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> > Yes, I can only agree. But is bash actually completely POSIX-compliant
> > (and nothing more than that) when called as /bin/sh ?
> 
> It would appear not:
> 
> sh-2.01$ echo hello {there,world}
> hello there world

When invoked as sh, bash doesn't provide exactly the exact set of
POSIX behavior; it provides a superset.


Guy


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