On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 03:30:47PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote: > alias my='declare ' > alias Export='-x ' > alias Map='-A ' > alias Int='-i ' > > my Export Map Int ffffe=([one]=1) > -bash: declare: `-x': not a valid identifier > -bash: declare: `-A': not a valid identifier > -bash: declare: `-i': not a valid identifier
This is what I get when I run your commands: wooledg:~$ alias my='declare ' wooledg:~$ alias Export='-x ' wooledg:~$ alias Map='-A ' wooledg:~$ alias Int='-i ' wooledg:~$ my Export Map Int ffffe=([one]=1) wooledg:~$ set | grep -e Export -e Map -e Int -e ffffe _=ffffe ffffe=([one]="1" ) wooledg:~$ declare -p ffffe declare -Aix ffffe=([one]="1" ) Because the dead horse is still equine-shaped, I will beat upon it some more: this is utterly horrible coding and you should stop doing it. I strongly disagree with your decision to do this, but whatever bug you're seeing, I'm not seeing it. Not in bash 5.0 or 4.4, anyway, which are the only two versions I tried.
