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Re: Recent bug in pattern matching in a case statement
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Recent bug in pattern matching in a case statement |
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Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:57:11 -0400 |
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
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> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> There is a problem with pattern matching in case statements.
> When using a case statement inside a for loop, the pattern
> *[A-Z]* incorrectly matches a string of all lower case letters
> after the first time around the loop.
Read the Bash FAQ, question E9 and item 13 in the NOTES file and make
sure that your locale is not the issue.
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