Hi Chet, hi all! > In general, variable expansion errors cause posix-mode shells to exit and > bash default mode shells to abort execution of the current command and > return to the top level, whether that is the command line or the next > command in the script. This aborts lists and other compound commands. > Bash has always behaved this way. > > However, invalid parameter transformation operators are not considered > fatal errors, even in posix mode. Maybe they should be.
Yes, please :-) Or no error at all. Best regards Martin