Syntax check on a valid script with zsh fails even though the script is correct

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Issue

  • Using zsh to check the script syntax fails as shown below:
$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/zsh
if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]
then
  THE_USER=$1
else
  THE_USER=$(whoami)
fi

$ zsh -n test.sh
$ echo $?
1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3
  • zsh-4.3.10-5.el6.x86_64

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