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by chasil 331 days ago
It is always helpful in recording if any bash behavior changes when it is not running in POSIX mode.

This is most common in Debian and Ubuntu, where ash is /bin/sh, and /bin/bash does not run in POSIX mode by default.

Some behavior of legacy bash of the '80s, prior to POSIX.2, can be surprising.

https://w3.pppl.gov/info/bash/Bash_POSIX_Mode.html

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(D)ash is not bash --posix