Re: feature request : at ' unexpected end of fille ' error msg append also the still-open direcrive

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/21/24 11:28 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:


> Here's an even simpler reproducer:
>
> hobbit:~$ ./foo
> ./foo: line 5: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> hobbit:~$ cat foo
> #!/bin/bash
> shopt -s expand_aliases
> alias run='  '
> true && run
>
> The "true &&" is required.  If the final line is "run", there is no error
> message.

That is a syntax error. There is no command following the `&&' and the
shell reads EOF before finding one.

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