From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] war on echo in scripts
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=C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason wrote:

> (Via H.Merijn Brand): This fails on the old HP-UX 10.20 bourne shell:

Git commands require a Posix-style shell (with support for $() among
other things), which I suspect would rule out shells like the one
you=E2=80=99re talking about.  Still, portability is something to worry
about...

>     > cat xx.sh
>     #!/bin/sh
>=20
>     echo ()
>     {
>     perl -le'print "Done!"'
>     }
>=20
>     echo 1
>     echo Klaar
>     > sh xx.sh
>     xx.sh[3]: The operation is not allowed in a restricted shell.:
> echo is a shell builtin.
>     1
>     Klaar

That=E2=80=99s weird.  Where did =E2=80=9Crestricted shell=E2=80=9D com=
e into it?

Thanks for the example,
Jonathan