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From: trost@reed.bitnet (Bill Trost)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: Re: Strange behavior with functions
Message-ID: <13778@reed.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 89 21:26:47 GMT
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	#!/local/bin/bash
	# Yes, all through this I should be using "$@", but that's for version
	# 1.05 (I have 1.04)

	rv () {
	[ $# = 0 ] && {
		# Call this block A
		local line=empty\?\?\?
		read line || return
		echo Read: "$line" 2>&1
		rv
		echo "$line"
		# end A
		return
		}	
...

By the way, someone should probably add this to the Official
Collection of Shell Scripts Which Severely Bash on Bash.

Gads, I haven't even *tried* to reverse /etc/termcap --- yet.