The following example uses more peak RAM on new bash versions than old versions:
for i in {1..100}; do
echo "${i}" >> example.txt
done
By measuring peak memory usage with time (/usr/bin/time -f "%E %P %M"),
I get that newer versions of Bash use about 284M, where older versions
use about 191
Hi,
I just installed Bash 5.1 rc1. I have IGNOREEOF set, and in 5.0 (and
earlier version) when pressing C-d one sees:
$ Use "logout" to leave the shell.
With 5.1 rc1 there is a newline between the prompt and the message:
$
Use "logout" to leave the shell.
Is this change intentional?
Tha
On 10/24/20 1:17 PM, Michael Felt wrote:
> OK. Thanks for the reply - and apologies for slow response.
>
> I was expecting a summary of the test results. I thought the other
> projects you lead ended with test summaries.
No, there have never been summaries.
> If you care to help me find where th
On 10/20/20 4:44 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Chet Ramey wrote:
>> This release fixes several outstanding bugs in bash-5.0 and introduces
>> several new features.
>
> An unlisted change (I couldn't locate it in the changes) is that
> 'reverse-search-history (C-r)' now highlights the search pattern.
Yo
On 10/24/20 3:51 PM, i...@kablex.ru wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 30
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> UTF-8 string piped to read command goes corrupt with -N option, e.g.
> printf "привет"|(read -N 100500 var_text; printf "$var_text" )
> returns som
