I didn't notice that this had a bad address for the ML when I replied.
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On 2/3/26 6:38 PM, Robert Elz wrote:
     Date:        Tue, 3 Feb 2026 09:37:13 -0500
     From:        Chet Ramey <[email protected]>
     Message-ID:  <[email protected]>

   | On the other hand, there's no problem with using bash features when
   | you're writing a bash script and don't have to be concerned about
   | portability.

Not if just portability of the particular script is what matters, no.

But there are two drawbacks to that mentality

So different circumstances inform different requirements, sure. But my
point stands -- if you are writing a bash script, there's no problem
using bash features.

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                 ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    [email protected]    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/

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