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Re: read builtin oddity/bug in bash 3.2?
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: read builtin oddity/bug in bash 3.2? |
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Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:47:14 +0200 |
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Daniel Musgrave <dmusgrave@abodiosoftware.com> writes:
> If the line matches the above conditions and is echoed without being
> quoted ($var, not "$var"), the result is the single character 'w'.
Read the manual about Filename Expansion.
> Similarly, 'echo [w]' produces the expected output of '[w]',
Try the same while in /usr/bin.
Andreas.
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