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Re: Empty ""s in ARG in ${x:+ARG} expand to no words instead of the empty word if prepended/appended with space

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  Re: Empty ""s in ARG in ${x:+ARG} expand to no words instead of the empty word if prepended/appended with space Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> - 2018-07-20 16:46 +0200

#14373 — Re: Empty ""s in ARG in ${x:+ARG} expand to no words instead of the empty word if prepended/appended with space

On 07/20/2018 04:43 PM, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> $  ${x:+"" }
> ^^^^^^^^^^^ prints nothing, bug?

Should be:
$ f ${x:+"" }

> $ f ${x:+"$e""$e"""}
> ^^^^^^^^^^^ prints nothing, bug?

Should be:
$ f ${x:+"$e""$e" ""}

sorry.

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