[GHC] #8838: Allow running bash shell commands

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#8838: Allow running bash shell commands
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        Reporter:  jstolarek                    |            Owner:
            Type:  feature request              |           Status:  closed
        Priority:  normal                       |        Milestone:  7.10.1
       Component:  libraries/process            |          Version:
      Resolution:  invalid                      |  7.8.1-rc2
Operating System:  Linux                        |         Keywords:
 Type of failure:  Incorrect result at runtime  |     Architecture:
       Test Case:                               |  Unknown/Multiple
        Blocking:                               |       Difficulty:
                                                |  Unknown
                                                |       Blocked By:
                                                |  Related Tickets:  #8802
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Comment (by nomeata):

 Replying to [comment:4 jstolarek]:
 > > Is proc "bash" ["-c", "..."] not sufficient for your use cases?
 > Yes, it is. I wonder why this works? I mean parameters are escaped.

 No, they are not – `translate` is not used here! (as mentioned in
 ticket:8802#comment:6). But that explains the confusion :-)

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