Re: Bash parameter expansion (remove largest trailing match, remove largest leading match, pattern replacement) does not work

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: Bash parameter expansion (remove largest trailing match, remove largest leading match, pattern replacement) does not work
Date	2020-08-31 12:01 -0400
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
Message-ID	<mailman.1875.1598889725.2469.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)
References	(4 earlier) <CAPyES37OZ-TAjmxRp72dv97eKPzNes=__QqnBHuEK+rK78QSSg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFLRLk-WondkFshbc5=vF=20dViDyn20E7eps3rMJaog4ag7Yg@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyES34iHv0YzEjQd1me3qV2JrZ=XOgvR_Wb5SpZ=5cYWQ3-vQ@mail.gmail.com> <C4224EEC-8FBF-472A-88DF-B96BA3F1A8CB@larryv.me> <553aec57-b581-445c-fb97-a601dd209761@case.edu>

Show all headers | View raw

On 8/29/20 9:12 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:

>> Actually, it works (portably) with
>> separator2=$'\057'
> 
> (a) $'...' is not POSIX. For instance, dash does not recognize it.

I believe it made the cut and will be in the next edition of the standard.


-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
		 ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/

Back to gnu.bash.bug | Previous | Next | Find similar

Thread

Re: Bash parameter expansion (remove largest trailing match, remove largest leading match, pattern replacement) does not work Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2020-08-31 12:01 -0400

csiph-web