shell built-ins are missing
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Description
Here is some code for which explainshell completely fails:
local -i scale value
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure with local -i scale value and trace how explainshell processes shell built-ins. No files or tests are named in the issue, so first locate the command-parsing entry point and existing built-in handling. Done means this input is recognized and explained rather than reported as unsupported.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100