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diff --git a/doc/bashref.texi~ b/doc/bashref.texi~ index c3d21820..9642f9ff 100644 --- a/doc/bashref.texi~ +++ b/doc/bashref.texi~ @@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ substitution, and quote removal are performed. Conditional operators such as @samp{-f} must be unquoted to be recognized as primaries. -When used with @samp{[[}, The @samp{<} and @samp{>} operators sort +When used with @samp{[[}, the @samp{<} and @samp{>} operators sort lexicographically using the current locale. When the @samp{==} and @samp{!=} operators are used, the string to the @@ -3132,7 +3132,7 @@ is supplied. @item readonly @btindex readonly @example -readonly [-aApf] [@var{name}[=@var{value}]] @dots{} +readonly [-aAf] [-p] [@var{name}[=@var{value}]] @dots{} @end example Mark each @var{name} as readonly. The values of these names may not be changed by subsequent assignment. @@ -3141,8 +3141,11 @@ function. The @option{-a} option means each @var{name} refers to an indexed array variable; the @option{-A} option means each @var{name} refers to an associative array variable. +If both options are supplied, @option{-A} takes precedence. If no @var{name} arguments are given, or if the @option{-p} option is supplied, a list of all readonly names is printed. +The other options may be used to restrict the output to a subset of +the set of readonly names. The @option{-p} option causes output to be displayed in a format that may be reused as input. If a variable name is followed by =@var{value}, the value of @@ -3239,6 +3242,7 @@ If the first argument is not a valid unary operator, the expression is false. @item 3 arguments +The following conditions are applied in the order listed. If the second argument is one of the binary conditional operators (@pxref{Bash Conditional Expressions}), the result of the expression is the result of the binary test using the @@ -3263,6 +3267,9 @@ The expression is parsed and evaluated according to precedence using the rules listed above. @end table +When used with @code{test} or @samp{[}, the @samp{<} and @samp{>} +operators sort lexicographically using ASCII ordering. + @item times @btindex times @example @@ -4509,14 +4516,17 @@ arguments to the conditional command's @samp{=~} operator. @item compat32 If set, Bash changes its behavior to that of version 3.2 with respect to locale-specific -string comparison when using the conditional command's @samp{<} and @samp{>} -operators. +string comparison when using the @samp{[[} +conditional command's @samp{<} and @samp{>} operators. +Bash versions prior to bash-4.0 use ASCII collation and strcmp(3); +bash-4.1 and later use the current locale's collation sequence and strcoll(3). @item compat40 If set, Bash changes its behavior to that of version 4.0 with respect to locale-specific -string comparison when using the conditional command's @samp{<} and @samp{>} -operators and the effect of interrupting a command list. +string comparison when using the @samp{[[} +conditional command's @samp{<} and @samp{>} operators (see previous item) +and the effect of interrupting a command list. @item compat41 If set, Bash, when in posix mode, treats a single quote in a double-quoted @@ -4601,7 +4611,7 @@ This option is enabled by default. @item globstar If set, the pattern @samp{**} used in a filename expansion context will -match a files and zero or more directories and subdirectories. +match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories. If the pattern is followed by a @samp{/}, only directories and subdirectories match. @@ -4981,7 +4991,7 @@ descriptor) and then unsetting it will result in the standard error being closed. @item COLUMNS -Used by the @code{select} builtin command to determine the terminal width +Used by the @code{select} command to determine the terminal width when printing selection lists. Automatically set upon receipt of a @code{SIGWINCH}. @@ -5270,7 +5280,7 @@ This variable determines the locale category used for number formatting. The line number in the script or shell function currently executing. @item LINES -Used by the @code{select} builtin command to determine the column length +Used by the @code{select} command to determine the column length for printing selection lists. Automatically set upon receipt of a @code{SIGWINCH}. @@ -5925,8 +5935,9 @@ If the @var{file} argument to one of the primaries is one of @file{/dev/stdin}, @file{/dev/stdout}, or @file{/dev/stderr}, file descriptor 0, 1, or 2, respectively, is checked. -When used with @samp{[[}, The @samp{<} and @samp{>} operators sort +When used with @samp{[[}, the @samp{<} and @samp{>} operators sort lexicographically using the current locale. +The @code{test} command uses ASCII ordering. Unless otherwise specified, primaries that operate on files follow symbolic links and operate on the target of the link, rather than the link itself. @@ -6320,6 +6331,7 @@ entire array. The @code{declare}, @code{local}, and @code{readonly} builtins each accept a @option{-a} option to specify an indexed array and a @option{-A} option to specify an associative array. +If both options are supplied, @option{-A} takes precedence. The @code{read} builtin accepts a @option{-a} option to assign a list of words read from the standard input to an array, and can read values from the standard input into @@ -7574,8 +7586,8 @@ when called as @code{rbash}, enters a restricted mode. See @ref{The Restricted Shell}, for a description of restricted mode. @item --enable-select -Include the @code{select} builtin, which allows the generation of simple -menus (@pxref{Conditional Constructs}). +Include the @code{select} compound command, which allows the generation of +simple menus (@pxref{Conditional Constructs}). @item --enable-separate-helpfiles Use external files for the documentation displayed by the @code{help} builtin |