Re: [bash4.2] ${v//[/} bug?

[Clark J. Wang]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 2/15/11 6:18 AM, Clark J. Wang wrote:
> > For following script:
> >
> > var='[hello'
> > echo "${var//[/}"
> >
> > With bash 4.1 it outputs hello but with 4.2 it outputs [hello . And bash
> 4.2
> > with compat41 on still outputs [hello . Bug? Or Bug fixed?
>
> This is strange.  It echoes "hello" on Mac OS X, but "[hello" on
> Red Hat.  I'll have to take a look at where the difference might be.
>
> I tested bash 4.2 on Debian 6.0. And bash 4.1 behaves the same on Linux and
Mac OS X (10.4 PPC).

> Chet
>
> --
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>



-- 
Clark