Stephane Chazelas wrote:
Bash Version: 3.2
Patch Level: 33
Release Status: release
Description:
~$ env -i '1=a' sh -c 'export -p'
export 1="a"
export OLDPWD
export PWD="/home/chazelas"
export SHLVL="1"
~$ env -i '1=a' bash -c 'export -p'
declare -x 1="a"
declare -x OLDPWD
declare -x PWD="/home/chazelas"
declare -x SHLVL="1"
~$ env -i '1=a' sh -c 'export -p' | sh
sh: line 1: export: `1=a': not a valid identifier
~$ env -i '1=a' bash -c 'export -p' | bash
bash: line 1: declare: `1=a': not a valid identifier
Thanks for the report. The right fix is to ignore words in the
environment that are not valid shell assignment statements. Bash
already does this for words without an `=', for instance.
Chet
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