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Re:Bash 5.2 by tpoacher on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @05:11PM (#33001173)
bash isnt posix???

if bash isnt posix then wth is? if you told me "British English isnt actually English" I'd be less surprised than bash and posix.

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Re:Bash 5.2 by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @06:37PM (#33002024)
> bash isnt posix???

No

> if bash isnt posix then wth is?

POSIX sh (https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V...).

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Re:Bash 5.2 by plonk on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:03AM (#33008814)
POSIX defines a shell that's not completely compatible with Bash. IIRC Ubuntu's `sh` command actually runs bash in a special "POSIX-compatible" mode that's really bare-bones.
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