> Yes, it's how bash has always behaved, at least back to bash-1.14 when > I stopped looking. Around bash-2.05, it changed to preserve the -e > option when in Posix mode.
Is there any reason not to preserve it? > That exception from default bash behavior is documented in the Posix > Mode section of the texinfo manual. Thanks, the bash manpage indeed references: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/POSIX (btw: would it make sense to add this as a manpage, e.g. as bash-posix?) The relevant point seems to be: 36. Subshells spawned to execute command substitutions inherit the value of the `-e' option from the parent shell. When not in POSIX mode, Bash clears the `-e' option in such subshells. Now I'm still curious why this isn't the default behaviour in bash? Thanks, Chris -- echo mailto: NOSPAM !#$.'<*>'|sed 's. ..'|tr "<*> !#:2" org@fr33z3
