On Sat, 25 May 2019 05:54:23 +0000, Neven Sajko via arch-general wrote: >Regarding using bash as sh: > >> Bash runs POSIX scripts just fine. > >Bash does not run some POSIX scripts fine. See >https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-08/msg00087.html , >for example. In that case an executable named ^ can not be called. My apologies, if I should misunderstand something. My understanding is, that you expect Bash to allow a non-POSIX files name in POSIX mode. See: POSIX "Fully portable filenames" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename