Re: shell portability question

[Gary V . Vaughan]

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Hi Paul,

On 19 Sep 2004, at 18:00, Paul Eggert wrote:
> "Gary V.Vaughan" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I'll change the test to:
> >
> >    $EGREP -n '[^        ]=[^    ]*[     ]*(break|continue)' $scripts
> >
> > Which will also stop it choking on valid things like this:
> >
> >    foo=bar; break
>
> Unfortunately that pattern matches "foo=bar; break", no?
> You'll need something a good deal more sophisticated, I'm afraid.
> Perhaps it'd be simpler just to remove the check.

D'oh!  Quite right.  I think the test has very limited value, so I'll 
propose a patch to remove it entirely.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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