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Set and Shopt - Why Two?

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set and shopt are both shell builtins that control various options. I often forget which options are set by which command, and which option sets/unsets (set -o/+o, shopt -s/-u). Why are there two different commands that seemingly do the same thing (and have different arguments to do so)? Is there any easy way/mnemonic to remember which options go with which command?
Asked by Kevin (41635 rep)
Feb 22, 2012, 04:17 PM
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