fix for fdflags loadable builtin; new strptime loadable builtin; enable -f doesn't fall back to current directory if using BASH_LOADABLES_PATH; new operator for rl_complete_internal that just dumps possible completions

2026-07-03 18:30:49 +02:00 · 2023-11-24 12:39:17 -05:00
parent f491b93350
commit 55a224da44
35 changed files with 1613 additions and 1078 deletions
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ This is bashref.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.8 from
 bashref.texi.

 This text is a brief description of the features that are present in the
-Bash shell (version 5.3, 1 November 2023).
+Bash shell (version 5.3, 6 November 2023).

-   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 1 November 2023, of 'The GNU Bash
+   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 6 November 2023, of 'The GNU Bash
 Reference Manual', for 'Bash', Version 5.3.

   Copyright (C) 1988-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Bash Features
 *************

 This text is a brief description of the features that are present in the
-Bash shell (version 5.3, 1 November 2023).  The Bash home page is
+Bash shell (version 5.3, 6 November 2023).  The Bash home page is
 <http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/>.

-   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 1 November 2023, of 'The GNU Bash
+   This is Edition 5.3, last updated 6 November 2023, of 'The GNU Bash
 Reference Manual', for 'Bash', Version 5.3.

   Bash contains features that appear in other popular shells, and some
@@ -4090,8 +4090,10 @@ standard.
     shared object FILENAME, on systems that support dynamic loading.
     Bash will use the value of the 'BASH_LOADABLES_PATH' variable as a
     colon-separated list of directories in which to search for
-     FILENAME.  The default is system-dependent.  The '-d' option will
-     delete a builtin loaded with '-f'.
+     FILENAME, if FILENAME does not contain a slash.  The default is
+     system-dependent, and may include "."  to force a search of the
+     current directory.  The '-d' option will delete a builtin loaded
+     with '-f'.

     If there are no options, a list of the shell builtins is displayed.
     The '-s' option restricts 'enable' to the POSIX special builtins.
@@ -5166,8 +5168,9 @@ This builtin allows you to change additional shell optional behavior.
          string is not translated, this has no effect.

     'nullglob'
-          If set, Bash allows filename patterns which match no files to
-          expand to a null string, rather than themselves.
+          If set, filename expansion patterns which match no files
+          (*note Filename Expansion::) expand to nothing and are
+          removed, rather than expanding to themselves.

     'patsub_replacement'
          If set, Bash expands occurrences of '&' in the replacement
@@ -5247,8 +5250,8 @@ differently than the rest of the Bash builtin commands.  The Bash POSIX
 mode is described in *note Bash POSIX Mode::.

   These are the POSIX special builtins:
-     break : . continue eval exec exit export readonly return set
-     shift trap unset
+     break : . source continue eval exec exit export readonly return set
+     shift times trap unset


 File: bashref.info,  Node: Shell Variables,  Next: Bash Features,  Prev: Shell Builtin Commands,  Up: Top
@@ -5699,7 +5702,7 @@ Variables::).
     Control how the results of filename expansion are sorted.  The
     value of this variable specifies the sort criteria and sort order
     for the results of filename expansion.  If this variable is unset
-     or set to the null string, filename expansion uses the historial
+     or set to the null string, filename expansion uses the historical
     behavior of sorting by name.  If set, a valid value begins with an
     optional '+', which is ignored, or '-', which reverses the sort
     order from ascending to descending, followed by a sort specifier.
@@ -9679,6 +9682,13 @@ File: bashref.info,  Node: Miscellaneous Commands,  Prev: Keyboard Macros,  Up:
     result as shell commands.  Bash attempts to invoke '$VISUAL',
     '$EDITOR', and 'emacs' as the editor, in that order.

+'execute-named-command (M-x)'
+     Read a bindable readline command name from the input and execute
+     the function to which it's bound, as if the key sequence to which
+     it was bound appeared in the input.  If this function is supplied
+     with a numeric argument, it passes that argument to the function it
+     executes.
+

 File: bashref.info,  Node: Readline vi Mode,  Next: Programmable Completion,  Prev: Bindable Readline Commands,  Up: Command Line Editing

@@ -11120,7 +11130,7 @@ does not provide the necessary support.
     another instance of the shell from the environment.  This option is
     enabled by default.

-'--enable-glob-asciirange-default'
+'--enable-glob-asciiranges-default'
     Set the default value of the 'globasciiranges' shell option
     described above under *note The Shopt Builtin:: to be enabled.
     This controls the behavior of character ranges when used in pattern
@@ -12160,26 +12170,26 @@ D.1 Index of Shell Builtin Commands
                                                              (line 153)
 * hash:                                  Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                              (line 197)
-* help:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 351)
+* help:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 353)
 * history:                               Bash History Builtins.
                                                              (line  46)
 * jobs:                                  Job Control Builtins.
                                                              (line  27)
 * kill:                                  Job Control Builtins.
                                                              (line  58)
-* let:                                   Bash Builtins.       (line 370)
-* local:                                 Bash Builtins.       (line 378)
-* logout:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 395)
-* mapfile:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 400)
+* let:                                   Bash Builtins.       (line 372)
+* local:                                 Bash Builtins.       (line 380)
+* logout:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 397)
+* mapfile:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 402)
 * popd:                                  Directory Stack Builtins.
                                                              (line  35)
-* printf:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 446)
+* printf:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 448)
 * pushd:                                 Directory Stack Builtins.
                                                              (line  69)
 * pwd:                                   Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                              (line 222)
-* read:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 514)
-* readarray:                             Bash Builtins.       (line 617)
+* read:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 516)
+* readarray:                             Bash Builtins.       (line 619)
 * readonly:                              Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                              (line 232)
 * return:                                Bourne Shell Builtins.
@@ -12188,7 +12198,7 @@ D.1 Index of Shell Builtin Commands
 * shift:                                 Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                              (line 272)
 * shopt:                                 The Shopt Builtin.   (line   9)
-* source:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 626)
+* source:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 628)
 * suspend:                               Job Control Builtins.
                                                              (line 116)
 * test:                                  Bourne Shell Builtins.
@@ -12199,12 +12209,12 @@ D.1 Index of Shell Builtin Commands
                                                              (line 393)
 * true:                                  Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                              (line 455)
-* type:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 631)
-* typeset:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 669)
-* ulimit:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 675)
+* type:                                  Bash Builtins.       (line 633)
+* typeset:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 671)
+* ulimit:                                Bash Builtins.       (line 677)
 * umask:                                 Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                              (line 460)
-* unalias:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 781)
+* unalias:                               Bash Builtins.       (line 783)
 * unset:                                 Bourne Shell Builtins.
                                                              (line 478)
 * wait:                                  Job Control Builtins.
@@ -12582,6 +12592,8 @@ D.4 Function Index
 * end-of-line (C-e):                     Commands For Moving. (line   9)
 * exchange-point-and-mark (C-x C-x):     Miscellaneous Commands.
                                                              (line  37)
+* execute-named-command (M-x):           Miscellaneous Commands.
+                                                              (line 146)
 * fetch-history ():                      Commands For History.
                                                              (line 103)
 * forward-backward-delete-char ():       Commands For Text.   (line  21)
@@ -12934,84 +12946,84 @@ Node: Shell Scripts137172
 Node: Shell Builtin Commands140199
 Node: Bourne Shell Builtins142237
 Node: Bash Builtins165629
-Node: Modifying Shell Behavior198568
-Node: The Set Builtin198913
-Node: The Shopt Builtin209887
-Node: Special Builtins226025
-Node: Shell Variables227004
-Node: Bourne Shell Variables227441
-Node: Bash Variables229545
-Node: Bash Features264613
-Node: Invoking Bash265626
-Node: Bash Startup Files271760
-Node: Interactive Shells276891
-Node: What is an Interactive Shell?277302
-Node: Is this Shell Interactive?277951
-Node: Interactive Shell Behavior278766
-Node: Bash Conditional Expressions282395
-Node: Shell Arithmetic287308
-Node: Aliases290269
-Node: Arrays293163
-Node: The Directory Stack299797
-Node: Directory Stack Builtins300581
-Node: Controlling the Prompt304841
-Node: The Restricted Shell307806
-Node: Bash POSIX Mode310416
-Node: Shell Compatibility Mode326673
-Node: Job Control334921
-Node: Job Control Basics335381
-Node: Job Control Builtins340383
-Node: Job Control Variables346178
-Node: Command Line Editing347334
-Node: Introduction and Notation349005
-Node: Readline Interaction350628
-Node: Readline Bare Essentials351819
-Node: Readline Movement Commands353608
-Node: Readline Killing Commands354568
-Node: Readline Arguments356489
-Node: Searching357533
-Node: Readline Init File359719
-Node: Readline Init File Syntax360980
-Node: Conditional Init Constructs385005
-Node: Sample Init File389201
-Node: Bindable Readline Commands392325
-Node: Commands For Moving393529
-Node: Commands For History395580
-Node: Commands For Text400574
-Node: Commands For Killing404552
-Node: Numeric Arguments407256
-Node: Commands For Completion408395
-Node: Keyboard Macros412586
-Node: Miscellaneous Commands413274
-Node: Readline vi Mode419312
-Node: Programmable Completion420219
-Node: Programmable Completion Builtins427999
-Node: A Programmable Completion Example439119
-Node: Using History Interactively444367
-Node: Bash History Facilities445051
-Node: Bash History Builtins448062
-Node: History Interaction453153
-Node: Event Designators456966
-Node: Word Designators458504
-Node: Modifiers460369
-Node: Installing Bash462177
-Node: Basic Installation463314
-Node: Compilers and Options467036
-Node: Compiling For Multiple Architectures467777
-Node: Installation Names469469
-Node: Specifying the System Type471578
-Node: Sharing Defaults472295
-Node: Operation Controls472968
-Node: Optional Features473926
-Node: Reporting Bugs485145
-Node: Major Differences From The Bourne Shell486479
-Node: GNU Free Documentation License503337
-Node: Indexes528514
-Node: Builtin Index528968
-Node: Reserved Word Index536069
-Node: Variable Index538517
-Node: Function Index555651
-Node: Concept Index569372
+Node: Modifying Shell Behavior198681
+Node: The Set Builtin199026
+Node: The Shopt Builtin210000
+Node: Special Builtins226195
+Node: Shell Variables227187
+Node: Bourne Shell Variables227624
+Node: Bash Variables229728
+Node: Bash Features264797
+Node: Invoking Bash265810
+Node: Bash Startup Files271944
+Node: Interactive Shells277075
+Node: What is an Interactive Shell?277486
+Node: Is this Shell Interactive?278135
+Node: Interactive Shell Behavior278950
+Node: Bash Conditional Expressions282579
+Node: Shell Arithmetic287492
+Node: Aliases290453
+Node: Arrays293347
+Node: The Directory Stack299981
+Node: Directory Stack Builtins300765
+Node: Controlling the Prompt305025
+Node: The Restricted Shell307990
+Node: Bash POSIX Mode310600
+Node: Shell Compatibility Mode326857
+Node: Job Control335105
+Node: Job Control Basics335565
+Node: Job Control Builtins340567
+Node: Job Control Variables346362
+Node: Command Line Editing347518
+Node: Introduction and Notation349189
+Node: Readline Interaction350812
+Node: Readline Bare Essentials352003
+Node: Readline Movement Commands353792
+Node: Readline Killing Commands354752
+Node: Readline Arguments356673
+Node: Searching357717
+Node: Readline Init File359903
+Node: Readline Init File Syntax361164
+Node: Conditional Init Constructs385189
+Node: Sample Init File389385
+Node: Bindable Readline Commands392509
+Node: Commands For Moving393713
+Node: Commands For History395764
+Node: Commands For Text400758
+Node: Commands For Killing404736
+Node: Numeric Arguments407440
+Node: Commands For Completion408579
+Node: Keyboard Macros412770
+Node: Miscellaneous Commands413458
+Node: Readline vi Mode419827
+Node: Programmable Completion420734
+Node: Programmable Completion Builtins428514
+Node: A Programmable Completion Example439634
+Node: Using History Interactively444882
+Node: Bash History Facilities445566
+Node: Bash History Builtins448577
+Node: History Interaction453668
+Node: Event Designators457481
+Node: Word Designators459019
+Node: Modifiers460884
+Node: Installing Bash462692
+Node: Basic Installation463829
+Node: Compilers and Options467551
+Node: Compiling For Multiple Architectures468292
+Node: Installation Names469984
+Node: Specifying the System Type472093
+Node: Sharing Defaults472810
+Node: Operation Controls473483
+Node: Optional Features474441
+Node: Reporting Bugs485661
+Node: Major Differences From The Bourne Shell486995
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License503853
+Node: Indexes529030
+Node: Builtin Index529484
+Node: Reserved Word Index536585
+Node: Variable Index539033
+Node: Function Index556167
+Node: Concept Index570026

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