IMHO the worst bash quirk is not being able to put whitespace around the assignment operator, ie.:
foo = bar # syntax error foo=bar # works as expected
*cough* set -o to turn an option on and set +o to turn it off *cough*
set -o
set +o
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IMHO the worst bash quirk is not being able to put whitespace around the assignment operator, ie.:
foo = bar # syntax errorfoo=bar # works as expected
*cough*
set -oto turn an option on andset +oto turn it off *cough*