Re: Newlines in ERR trap affect caller 0 line number

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

thats around the same as aliases, inline text replacements , yes ?
informative question

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 16:53 Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 10/31/21 6:06 PM, Quinn Grier wrote:
>
> > Bash Version: 5.1
> > Patch Level: 8
> > Release Status: release
> >
> > Description:
> >     When an ERR trap includes newlines, the line number returned by
> >     "caller 0" is affected.
>
> Thanks for the report. I'll take a look. Right now, the ERR trap (really
> all traps) is treated as if the text of the trap appears inline in the
> source right after the command that triggered it, so parsing the text of
> the trap command increments the line number starting at the line number
> of the triggering command.
>
> Chet
>
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