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Re: Unexpected space in conditional taints subsequent conditional
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Unexpected space in conditional taints subsequent conditional |
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Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:18:39 -0500 |
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On 10/19/22 12:31 AM, Todd Stein wrote:
Bash Version: 5.2
Patch Level: 2
Release Status: release
Description:
Including an erroneous space in a double-bracket conditional results in an
error, as it should, but it also taints the next conditional that gets
interpreted, forcing an an exit status of 2 regardless of syntax. This
taint persists through non-conditional commands.
Repeat-By:
Here's an example of the issue. Note that the first echo (in the third
command) does not execute -- the entire line seems to be eaten.
$ [[ a b ]]
bash: conditional binary operator expected
Thanks for the report. It's not the space, but the syntax error (`b' is not
a valid binary operator). The parser error recovery token doesn't result in
the parser state being reset correctly.
It's an interactive-only issue. It will be fixed in the next devel branch
push.
Chet
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