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Is it possible to emulate (is that the right word?) previous versions of Bash?

I am using 4.3.11, and I am curious to know if my scripts are compatible with some earlier versions, but I don't want to actually install an earlier version. I could dig through the changelogs and figure out what features I'm using that are lacking from previous versions, but that seems a bit tedious. I was hoping for some kind of magical command line option insteador script command, instead (wishful thinking, probably).

Is it possible to emulate (is that the right word?) previous versions of Bash?

I am using 4.3.11, and I am curious to know if my scripts are compatible with some earlier versions, but I don't want to actually install an earlier version. I could dig through the changelogs and figure out what features I'm using that are lacking from previous versions, but that seems a bit tedious. I was hoping for some kind of magical command line option instead (wishful thinking, probably).

Is it possible to emulate (is that the right word?) previous versions of Bash?

I am using 4.3.11, and I am curious to know if my scripts are compatible with some earlier versions, but I don't want to actually install an earlier version. I could dig through the changelogs and figure out what features I'm using that are lacking from previous versions, but that seems a bit tedious. I was hoping for some kind of magical command line option or script command, instead (wishful thinking, probably).

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Is it possible to emulate older versions of Bash?

Is it possible to emulate (is that the right word?) previous versions of Bash?

I am using 4.3.11, and I am curious to know if my scripts are compatible with some earlier versions, but I don't want to actually install an earlier version. I could dig through the changelogs and figure out what features I'm using that are lacking from previous versions, but that seems a bit tedious. I was hoping for some kind of magical command line option instead (wishful thinking, probably).