Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: Mac
OS: Darwin Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: Xcode uname output: Darwin Octo.local 15.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Thu Jun 21\ 20:07:40 PDT 2018; root:xnu-3248.73.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 Machine Type: x86_64-Apple-Darwin Bash Version: 3.2 Patch Level: 48 Release Status: relase Although bashbug listed the Patch Level as 48 (and misspelled "release") the version string is 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin15) This is on MacOS 10.11.6. If there is a better place for me to report this bug, please let me know. Description: Sourcing a script from a pipe is not reliable. Repeat-By: This command line should run forever: i=0; while [ "_$(echo echo '$1' | . /dev/stdin yes)" = "_yes" ]; \ do echo -n .; ((i++)); done; printf "\n%s\n" $i When I run it, it usually terminates with $i much less than 1,000.