On 8/27/14, 8:06 AM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> In
>
> info -f bash -n 'Invoking Bash'
>
> we find:
>
>> `-c'
>> Read and execute commands from the first non-option ARGUMENT after
>> processing the options, then exit. Any remaining arguments are
>> assigned to the positional parameters, starting with `$0'.
True, it's careless wording. I will modify it.
The key is that the behavior makes `bash -c string command args' and
`bash command args' equivalent in how they set $0.
Chet
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