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# `shell-script-fails-syntax-check`

Running this shell script with the shell's -n option set fails, which means that the script has syntax errors. The most common cause of this problem is a script expecting `/bin/sh` to be bash checked on a system using dash as `/bin/sh`.

Run e.g. `sh -n yourscript` to see the errors yourself.

Note this can have false-positives, for an example with bash scripts using "extglob".

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag