Re: function names starting with %

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/24/24 2:37 PM, Oğuz wrote:
> You can do these
>
> $ %f(){ :;}
> $ declare -f %f
> %f ()
> {
>      :
> }
> $ unset -f %f
> $ declare -f %f
> $ echo $?
> 1
>
> but not call them
>
> $ %f
> bash: fg: %f: no such job
> $ '%f'
> bash: fg: %f: no such job
> $ \%f
> bash: fg: %f: no such job
>
> Why is that?

Think of it as a built-in alias that is expanded before functions are
invoked.

> Would it be a bad idea to let such functions take
> precedence over jobspecs?

At this point? Yes.


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