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Re: [Help-bash] Why bash has two sets of options (controlled by `set' an


From: Eduardo A . Bustamante López
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] Why bash has two sets of options (controlled by `set' and `shopt')
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 05:27:41 -0600
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On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 03:54:19PM +0800, ziyunfei wrote:
> 1. It's hard for me to remember which options belong to which command, so why 
> didn’t let `set' control all options in bash 2.0?
> 2. `shopt' has a -o option to control all options belong to `set', so does 
> this mean the author recommend us to use `shopt' instead of `set'?

Because 'set' is used for options that are common along shells, i.e. POSIX
shells. And shopt is used for options that are specific to bash.

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Eduardo Bustamante
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