On 9/2/26 10:58 AM, Robert Elz wrote:
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 09:50:56 -0400 From: Chet Ramey <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>| True, but the bash behavior what we're discussing here. Yes, I know - though I'm not sure why (I mean, this is a bash list, obviously, so why bash is clear) - but why this needs discussing Idon't follow.
You started it. :-)
The history lesson, on how it all came about is interesting, but really changes nothing, nor is it all that important.
People like to know why bash does things differently. e.g. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2026-08/msg00129.html
| Once you say a pipeline consists of zero or more commands separated by `|'But why on earth would anyone want to say that?
I don't care one way or the other at this point. Interp 267 said it, then
the group changed their collective mind ten years later.
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