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  • thanks, your code works nicely. so to get a full list of all options, you would have to use both set +o and shopt ? (as to shoptable being a word, settable is used in the man page, so shoptable works for me) Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 7:27
  • @user4668401 - I think that will do it. Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 7:37
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    TL;DR, but +1000 for the 3 lines solution to change an option and put it back 'as it was'. Thats exactly what one needs when creating scripts or copy/pastable instructions. Commented Aug 10, 2017 at 10:09
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    @mikeserv Seems that -p option needs to be added when saving state to include shoptions, i.e. state=$(set +o;shopt -p) Commented Feb 9, 2018 at 16:58
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    Wouldn't this work just as well for capturing the current set options? set -f -- -$-? Commented Feb 1, 2023 at 5:08