Your message dated Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:00:50 -0600
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and subject line Re: bash confused by missing newline at end of script
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regarding bash confused by missing newline at end of script
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Package: bash
Version: 3.0-15
Severity: normal

The script

"if /bin/false ; then
     echo hi
 fi"

prints "hi", if there is NO NEWLINE at the end.
Similarly

"if ! /bin/false ; then
     echo hi
 fi"

prints nothing.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3-1-686
Locale: lang=de...@euro, lc_ctype=de...@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii  base-files              3.1.4            Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  libc6                   2.3.2.ds1-22     GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5             5.4-4            Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and

-- no debconf information


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Martin Ziegler wrote:

> I use now bash 4.1-3. The bug does not exist any more!

Okay, closing (alas, unexplained).

Thanks for the report,
Jonathan


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