Re: Bash - various feature requests

[Andreas Schwab]

Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <gradha@titanium.sabren.com> writes:

> See "Parameter Expansion" in the bash manual. Interestingly that same
> section tells for '${parameter:offset}' expansion:
>
>       "If offset evaluates to a number less than  zero,  the value
>       is used  as  an  offset  from the end  of the value of parameter."
>
> However, if I use echo ${f:-3} I don't get the expected result.

Read the second last sentence of the paragraph.

Andreas.

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