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Re: Why I love bash scripting?
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Why I love bash scripting? |
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Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:16:03 -0500 |
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On 12/20/15 8:44 AM, ken.w.martin@gmail.com wrote:
> next, please run
>> bashdb test.sh
> bashdb<0> n
> bashdb<1> n
> bashdb<2> n
> bashdb<3> print ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}
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> and you will see that in bashdb BASH_REMATCH is an empty string. It appears
> the debugger is broken and has probably been so for some time. Could I be
> doing something wrong?
It's most likely that bashdb uses the =~ operator for its own purposes
and overwrites the BASH_REMATCH contents you want to see.
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