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10.0;eoff, revision 1.0, 88/01/21
eoff - deactivate the shell's -e flag.
usage: eoff



DESCRIPTION
     eoff disables variable evaluation.  Variables are evaluated only inside
     variable expression delimiters, ((expression)); otherwise, the shell
     treats the ^var_name expressions  as strings and they are not evaluated.
     To enable variable evaluation regardless of the context in which the
     variable appears, specify eon.

     By default, eoff is in effect when a shell is invoked.

     If eoff is specified in a shell script, it remains in effect until that
     shell script exits, or until overridden by an eon in a nested shell
     script. When a shell script exits, the variable evaluation is returned to
     the state in effect just before the script was invoked.

     eoff requires no arguments or options.



SEE ALSO
     More information is available.  Type

     help  eon      For details about enabling global variable evaluation

     help  sh       For details about the shell command line interpreter

     help  shell    For general shell information

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