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Re: Tilde expansion in ${var/x/y}
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Tilde expansion in ${var/x/y} |
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Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:32:26 -0400 |
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On 4/20/14, 4:09 PM, Jo Liss wrote:
> After upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04, Bash 4.3.8 expands the tilde in
> search-and-replace patterns:
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> $ a=x; echo "${a/x/~}"
> /home/ubuntu
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> Is this an intentional change, or is it a bug?
It's intentional; read the thread starting at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-03/threads.html
for a more complete explanation.
Chet
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