Re: function grammar

[Chet Ramey]

> I see this in bash(1):
> 
>     SHELL GRAMMAR
>         ...
>         Shell Function Definitions
>             ...
>             [ function ] name () compound-command [redirection]
> 
> and do not see the version you show without the parens.

Read the text following the definition.  It says, in part:

        If  the  function reserved word is supplied, the
        parentheses are optional.

Chet

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