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@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ This is the Bash FAQ, version 4.14, for Bash version 4.4. -[THIS FAQ IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED] - This document contains a set of frequently-asked questions concerning Bash, the GNU Bourne-Again Shell. Bash is a freely-available command interpreter with advanced features for both interactive use and shell @@ -962,7 +960,7 @@ o `complete' and `compgen' now take a `-o value' option, which controls some directory names and suppress trailing spaces o A new loadable builtin, realpath, which canonicalizes and expands symlinks in pathname arguments. -o When `set' is called without options, it prints function defintions in a +o When `set' is called without options, it prints function definitions in a way that allows them to be reused as input. This affects `declare' and `declare -p' as well. This only happens when the shell is not in POSIX mode, since POSIX.2 forbids this behavior. @@ -2171,17 +2169,11 @@ You may also need Finally, you need to tell readline that you will be inputting and displaying eight-bit characters. You use readline variables to do -this. convert-meta says what to do if you read a character with its -eighth bit set. input-meta says whether to permit characters with the -eighth bit at all. output-meta determines how to display characters -with the eighth bit set: if on, they are output directly; if it is off, -such characters are displayed as a meta-prefixed escape sequence. - -These variables can be set in your .inputrc or using the bash +this. These variables can be set in your .inputrc or using the bash `bind' builtin. Here's an example using `bind': bash$ bind 'set convert-meta off' - bash$ bind 'set input-meta on' + bash$ bind 'set meta-flag on' bash$ bind 'set output-meta on' The `set' commands between the single quotes may also be placed @@ -2287,7 +2279,7 @@ The \w expansion gives the full pathname of the current directory, with a tilde (`~') substituted for the current value of $HOME. The \W expansion gives the basename of the current directory. To put the full pathname of the current directory into the path without any tilde -subsitution, use $PWD. Here are some examples: +substitution, use $PWD. Here are some examples: PS1='\w$ ' # current directory with tilde PS1='\W$ ' # basename of current directory @@ -2404,7 +2396,7 @@ a bash programmer's guide with a chapter on creating loadable builtins a better loadable interface to perl with access to the shell builtins and variables (contributions gratefully accepted) ksh93-like `xx.yy' variables (including some of the .sh.* variables) and - associated disipline functions + associated discipline functions Some of the new ksh93 pattern matching operators, like backreferencing H5) When will the next release appear? |