2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bash/bashrc.d/pa.bash b/bash/bashrc.d/pa.bash
index 6c3531f0..3a7b8398 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc.d/pa.bash
+++ b/bash/bashrc.d/pa.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Print arguments
+# Print arguments, one per line. Compare pan().
 pa() {
     if (($#)) ; then
         printf '%s\n' "$@"
diff --git a/bash/bashrc.d/pan.bash b/bash/bashrc.d/pan.bash
index 14cd3625..97de3917 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc.d/pan.bash
+++ b/bash/bashrc.d/pan.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Print arguments, null-delimited; you will probably want to write this into a
-# file or as part of a pipeline
+# file or as part of a pipeline. Compare pa().
 pan() {
-    printf '%s\0' "$@"
+    if (($#)) ; then
+        printf '%s\0' "$@"
+    fi
 }