From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from layka.disroot.org (layka.disroot.org [178.21.23.139]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58BFC283FF5 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2026 16:21:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.21.23.139 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767630089; cv=none; b=KRQpqhwxPJ/9TA5QZOGQ+B0XvLNgHjJu+ej6pEACadii/a1UfeW1HXlCDNDUJPJnaSkJRSCRQ2ueP53KRdGtziPL03LPa8ANun8yPKRtQRO0/DEJg3h5L7Xps5Sq/uTJGzDSmyLsKqazcbrBuF9TGZCIN+oTCig0K2TlfHar1Ic= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767630089; c=relaxed/simple; bh=n8RG8iIrTlPyFNPz1PE8cSgH64jRes2NmP727LmpvTA=; h=Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Date:From:To:Subject; b=cEzUhxydLk6YZF9ZZjylzxI2nMTIqWEIoua0CxfsZN2c0RELiKN1+kO521vJMD22IIRT59V3vjFtr+j3WlXZ1Jmb1zzf1jMgmEI0z57xeMTU0+jSVrp+L95GPfaQpTk9WHf/hIep1cWJekehpAHnfcpU6L2JV3+Uwn1Oj3xNQ4A= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=disroot.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=disroot.org header.i=@disroot.org header.b=j3ewgnOk; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.21.23.139 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=disroot.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=disroot.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=disroot.org header.i=@disroot.org header.b="j3ewgnOk" Received: from mail01.disroot.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7789C264FB; Mon, 5 Jan 2026 17:21:24 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: SPAM Filter at disroot.org Received: from layka.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (disroot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavis, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8M8ZDTDHQfdh; Mon, 5 Jan 2026 17:21:23 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1767630083; bh=n8RG8iIrTlPyFNPz1PE8cSgH64jRes2NmP727LmpvTA=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=j3ewgnOkgFLfaVxrjfn0+pnRoLisskVQNX/I6AJaL7ZxjUk7uuHMHnH70tgchX7Ck 5LiPdbtyo4WN4ZEPsKy4pOdW+oKbd8pLFloAlqPeVqUKmVpeuZu/RDDlmC0QFdjnZW kYtqSHDoVs4PcHqq6ggEoHLkHxzL83Pg+S5t2V87Kwj5GmoaURF0EEX0l5xnRAS2vy bkJqumOgV+uTKy9hZkk4u+KPHvBdULbc2byfB4Yz3xkVPscjcxxyAyV9jMc3dWZsrG HHT5ptmSL2DxHKGNu7BNl4Ugt2ensHFf35o6FRxtj0gEkYEsbA+GSyCelzd1b2Z+5b Fyrr5gBXB9p4Q== Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=Flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <260105.155812@disroot.org> Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:58:12 +0000 From: Avid Seeker To: Newbie Mailing List Subject: Manual new login shell invocation $ echo echo profile_read > ~/.profile $ env -i dash -l Expected: profile_read Actual result: no output Is this a bug in dash or am I missing something? man env: -i, --ignore-environment start with an empty environment man dash: -l Make dash act as if it had been invoked as a login shell. Avid