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</code></pre></div> <h3 id=globbing>Globbing<a class=headerlink href=#globbing title="Permanent link">¶</a></h3> <p>There's a new shell option <code>globstar</code>. When enabled, Bash will perform recursive globbing on <code>**</code> – this means it matches all directories and files from the current position in the filesystem, rather than only the current level.</p> <p>The new shell option <code>dirspell</code> enables spelling corrections on directory names during globbing.</p> <p>See <a href=../syntax/expansion/globs/ >globs</a></p> <h2 id=associative-arrays>Associative Arrays<a class=headerlink href=#associative-arrays title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <p>Besides the classic method of integer indexed arrays, Bash 4 supports associative arrays.</p> <p>An associative array is an array indexed by an arbitrary string, something like</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-1-1 name=__codelineno-1-1 href=#__codelineno-1-1></a><span class=nb>declare</span><span class=w> </span>-A<span class=w> </span>ASSOC
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</code></pre></div> <p>See <a href=../syntax/arrays/ >arrays</a></p> <h2 id=redirection>Redirection<a class=headerlink href=#redirection title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <p>There is a new <code>&>></code> redirection operator, which appends the standard output and standard error to the named file. This is the same as the good old <code>>>FILE 2>&1</code> notation.</p> <p>The parser now understands <code>|&</code> as a synonym for <code>2>&1 |</code>, which redirects the standard error for a command through a pipe.</p> <p>See <a href=../syntax/redirection/ >redirection</a></p> <h2 id=interesting-new-shell-variables>Interesting new shell variables<a class=headerlink href=#interesting-new-shell-variables title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Variable</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href=../syntax/shellvars/#BASHPID>BASHPID</a></td> <td>contains the PID of the current shell (this is different than what <code>$$</code> does!)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href=../syntax/shellvars/#PROMPT_DIRTRIM>PROMPT_DIRTRIM</a></td> <td>specifies the max. level of unshortened pathname elements in the prompt</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href=../syntax/shellvars/#FUNCNEST>FUNCNEST</a></td> <td>control the maximum number of shell function recursions</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See <a href=../syntax/shellvars/ >shellvars</a></p> <h2 id=interesting-new-shell-options>Interesting new Shell Options<a class=headerlink href=#interesting-new-shell-options title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <p>The mentioned shell options are <strong>off by default</strong> unless otherwise mentioned.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Option</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><code>checkjobs</code></td> <td>check for and report any running jobs at shell exit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>compat*</code></td> <td>set compatiblity modes for older shell versions (influences regular expression matching in <code>[[ ... ]]</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>dirspell</code></td> <td>enables spelling corrections on directory names during globbing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>globstar</code></td> <td>enables recursive globbing with <code>**</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>lastpipe</code></td> <td>(4.2) to execute the last command in a pipeline in the current environment</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>See <a href=../internals/shell_options/ >shell_options</a></p> <h2 id=misc>Misc<a class=headerlink href=#misc title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2> <ul> <li>If a command is not found, the shell attempts to execute a shell function named <code>command_not_found_handle</code>, supplying the command words as the function arguments. This can be used to display userfriendly messages or perform different command searches</li> <li>The behaviour of the <code>set -e</code> (<code>errexit</code>) mode was changed, it now acts more intuitive (and is better documented in the manpage).</li> <li>The output target for the <code>xtrace</code> (<code>set -x</code>/<code>set +x</code>) feature is configurable <strong>since Bash 4.1</strong> (previously, it was fixed to <code>stderr</code>): a variable named <a href=../syntax/shellvars/#BASH_XTRACEFD>BASH_XTRACEFD</a> can be set to the filedescriptor that should get the output</li> <li>Bash 4.1 is able to log the history to syslog (only to be enabled at compile time in <code>config-top.h</code>)</li> </ul> <aside class=md-source-file> <span class=md-source-file__fact> <span class=md-icon title="Last update"> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M21 13.1c-.1 0-.3.1-.4.2l-1 1 2.1 2.1 1-1c.2-.2.2-.6 0-.8l-1.3-1.3c-.1-.1-.2-.2-.4-.2m-1.9 1.8-6.1 6V23h2.1l6.1-6.1zM12.5 7v5.2l4 2.4-1 1L11 13V7zM11 21.9c-5.1-.5-9-4.8-9-9.9C2 6.5 6.5 2 12 2c5.3 0 9.6 4.1 10 9.3-.3-.1-.6-.2-1-.2s-.7.1-1 .2C19.6 7.2 16.2 4 12 4c-4.4 0-8 3.6-8 8 0 4.1 3.1 7.5 7.1 7.9l-.1.2z"/></svg> </span> <span class="git-revision-date-localized-plugin git-revision-date-localized-plugin-date">November 13, 2024</span> </span> <span class=md-source-file__fact> <spa
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