Re: [PATCH] Correct error message when using -n and -o ignoreeof in interactive mode

[Ángel]

On 2024-08-18 at 11:21 +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
> Interactive shells with -n (noexec) set are pointless

The man page states:
>               -n      Read commands but do not execute them.  This may be used
>                       to  check a shell script for syntax errors.  This is ig‐
>                       nored by interactive shells.

And indeed, doing a set -n on an interactive shell is ignored.
It is however possible to run an interactive noexec bash if it is set
on launch.