Re: bash 3.2 match operator problem

[Chet Ramey]

> Ok, here is a smaller 3 line test case.  I have attempted to handle
> the parenthesis as you instructed.  Under bash 3.0.17 BASH_REMATCH
> gets the 4 pieces.  Under bash 3.2 I only get BASH_REMATCH=()
> True, it no longer crashes.  But it doesn't work either...

I understand the problem, and have to consider the best solution.  It
appears that this will require a change to the shell parser, since [[
is part of the grammar.

Chet

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