Edit shell script while it’s running

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It does affect, at least bash in my environment, but in very unpleasant way. See these codes. First a.sh:

#!/bin/sh

echo "First echo"
read y

echo "$y"

echo "That's all."

b.sh:

#!/bin/sh

echo "First echo"
read y

echo "Inserted"

echo "$y"

# echo "That's all."

Do

$ cp a.sh run.sh
$ ./run.sh
$ # open another terminal
$ cp b.sh run.sh  # while 'read' is in effect
$ # Then type "hello."

In my case, the output is always:

hello
hello
That's all.
That's all.

(Of course it’s far better to automate it, but the above example is readable.)

[edit] This is unpredictable, thus dangerous. The best workaround is , as described here put all in a brace, and before the closing brace, put “exit”. Read the linked answer well to avoid pitfalls.

[added] The exact behavior depends on one extra newline, and perhaps also on your Unix flavor, filesystem, etc. If you simply want to see some influences, simply add “echo foo/bar” to b.sh before and/or after the “read” line.

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