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POSIX Is Not a Shell

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-28 Cached

This article argues that POSIX is a specification, not a program, and that shell implementations such as bash and dash behave differently even for basic commands like echo. It calls for testing across multiple shells rather than relying on the notion of 'POSIX compliance' for portability.

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