John Kearney wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
> >> [ "${test}" = "${test//"'"/"'"}" ] || exit 999
> >
> > exit 999 is pointless. It is the same as exit 231 on some shells,
> > and according to POSIX, it is allowed to be a syntax error in other
> > shells.
>
> I was going for || exit "Doomsday" i,e. 666 = 999 = Apocalypse.
Yes. But... As we all know exit codes are only eight bits and that
limits you to 0-255 only! Anything else and you have "jumped the
tracks" with implementations doing implementation defined things.
Maybe one of them will invoke the game of rogue! :-)
Bob
