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Bash 3.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the hallelujah-bash-is-risen dept.

qazwsx789 writes "The first public release of bash-3.0 is now available via ftp and from the usual GNU mirror sites. For the official release notes by the author, Chet Ramey, check his usenet post."

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  1. First "zsh rules" post! by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Bash was my first shell and I used it exclusively for years. One day, I'd read enough about zsh to force myself to give it a try. Oh how I loved thee, bash, but I won't be going back.

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    Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
  2. A new version? by moonbender · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hell, I didn't even know bash was still in active development. It was always just bash to me, not bash-x.y.z. But then I guess I wouldn't notice the difference, really.

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    Switch back to Slashdot's D1 system.
  3. Neat by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Someone tell me why I want this. The Usenet post doesn't seem to explain what's so exciting about it, besides a bunch of boring bug-fixes, and some esoteric-sounding syntax changes.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  4. Apple helping out by Macka · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Several bug fixes for POSIX compliance came in from Apple; their assistance is appreciated.

    It's nice to see yet more contributions from Apple to the OSS community.
  5. Really great feature ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Guys, I'm really so excited about this. I ran around proclaiming the news about bash-3.0 in my department. Not too many people got excited (I work in Psychology) but check this out:

    [user@mitral user]$ echo $BASH_VERSION
    2.05a.0(1)-release
    [user@mitral user]$ a | b |cat
    bash: a: command not found
    bash: b: command not found
    [user@mitral user]$ echo $?
    0

    [user@mitral bash-3.0]$ echo $BASH_VERSION
    3.00.0(1)-release
    [user@mitral bash-3.0]$ set -o pipefail
    [user@mitral bash-3.0]$ a | b |cat
    bash: a: command not found
    bash: b: command not found
    [user@mitral bash-3.0]$ echo $?
    127

    Feel the love!