bash silently ceases execution of a script when encountering a null char

Solution Unverified - Updated 2014-10-28T17:07:30+00:00 -

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Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• bash

Issue

• bash silently ceases execution of a script when encountering a null char, when it is sourced in another script
• The script runs fine by itself
• Other shells either bypass the NULL character or throw an error

Resolution

• The fix has been released in errata RHSA-2011-1073 in bash-3.2-32.el5.

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