On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM Alberto Millán <hamb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 > uname output: Linux ALBERTO 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP > PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jun 5 18:30:46 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 5.2 > Patch Level: 37 > Release Status: release > > Description: > When I define an alias and a function with the same name, I experience > abnormal behavior. > It seems to be especially dangerous when using a colon You have implemented a recursive function with no terminating condition. Thus the function will call itself, until the process runs out of memory and crashes with a segmentation fault. This is not a bug in bash though.
