Re: REGRESSION: shellshock patch rejects valid function names

[Andreas Schwab]

Dan Douglas <ormaaj@gmail.com> writes:

> Another thing you can do in bash is bypass its command name check by using a 
> null zeroth word.
>
> $ { function } { echo test; }; <() }; }
> test
>
> Ordinarily } would be uncallable,

Only literal } is special, you can use \} instead, or store it in a
variable.

Andreas.

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