Re: 02-lineno.patch

[akim]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 04:01:48PM +0200, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> >>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
>  Akim> Most modern shells provide the current line number in @code{LINENO}.
>  Akim> Its value is the line number of the beginning of the current command
>  Akim> (see below the output of the here document).  The behavior wrt
>  Akim> @command{eval} differs according to the shell, but, amusingly, not in
>  Akim> the case of sub shells:
> [...]
>  Akim> $ cat lineno
>  Akim> echo 1. $LINENO
>  Akim> cat <<EOF
>  Akim> 3. $LINENO
>  Akim> 4. $LINENO
>  Akim> EOF
>  Akim> ( echo 6. $LINENO )
>  Akim> eval 'echo 7. $LINENO'
> [...]  
>  Akim> $ bash-2.03 lineno
>  Akim> 1. 1
>  Akim> 3. 2
>  Akim> 4. 2
>  Akim> 6. 6
>  Akim> 7. 1
> [...]
>  Akim> $ zsh-3.1.9 lineno
>  Akim> 1. 1
>  Akim> 3. 2
>  Akim> 4. 2
>  Akim> 6. 6
>  Akim> 7. 7
> 
> I don't know how important this is:
> 
> $ ksh lineno       # (@(#)PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2)
> 1. 1
> 3. 2
> 4. 2
> 6. 6
> 7. 0

Just as unimportant/important as the others :)  Please, install.