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NAME

6       checkbashisms - check for bashisms in /bin/sh scripts
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SYNOPSIS

9       checkbashisms script ...
10       checkbashisms --help|--version
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DESCRIPTION

13       checkbashisms, based on one of the checks from the lintian system, per‐
14       forms basic checks on /bin/sh shell scripts for the  possible  presence
15       of  bashisms.   It  takes the names of the shell scripts on the command
16       line, and outputs warnings if possible bashisms are detected.
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18       Note that the definition of a bashism in this context  roughly  equates
19       to  "a  shell  feature  that is not required to be supported by POSIX";
20       this means that some issues flagged may  be  permitted  under  optional
21       sections of POSIX, such as XSI or User Portability.
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23       In  cases  where  POSIX  and  Debian  Policy disagree, checkbashisms by
24       default allows extensions permitted by  Policy  but  may  also  provide
25       options for stricter checking.
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OPTIONS

28       --help, -h
29              Show a summary of options.
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31       --newline, -n
32              Check for "echo -n" usage (non POSIX but required by Debian Pol‐
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36              Check for issues which are non POSIX but  required  to  be  sup‐
37              ported by Debian Policy 10.4 (implies -n).
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39       --force, -f
40              Force  each  script to be checked, even if it would normally not
41              be (for instance, it has a bash or non POSIX  shell  shebang  or
42              appears to be a shell wrapper).
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44       --extra, -x
45              Highlight  lines which, whilst they do not contain bashisms, may
46              be useful in determining whether a particular issue is  a  false
47              positive  which  may  be  ignored.   For  example,  the  use  of
48              "$BASH_ENV" may be preceded by checking whether "$BASH" is set.
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50       --version, -v
51              Show version and copyright information.
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EXIT VALUES

54       The exit value will be 0 if no possible bashisms or other problems were
55       detected.  Otherwise it will be the sum of the following error values:
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57       1      A possible bashism was detected.
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59       2      A  file was skipped for some reason, for example, because it was
60              unreadable or not found.  The warning message will give details.
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SEE ALSO

63       lintian(1).
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AUTHOR

66       checkbashisms was originally written as a shell script by  Yann  Dirson
67       <dirson@debian.org>  and  rewritten  in Perl with many more features by
68       Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.
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