Re: Bash Shell Parameter Expansion

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

shit happens, it will again, be better prepared for then

i agree much shell is weird and foreign when not known fully

id say its 'words' to 'w o r d s' with few syntaxes

On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 19:05 tolugboji <tolugboji@protonmail.com> wrote:

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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Saturday, October 9th, 2021 at 4:51 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <
> fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
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> to say, i dunno how much greg is gnu besides alike his posix knowledge,
> but i think he comes from sgi or hp ux or stuff and is no good to represent
> the gnuness imho cause so, ..
>
>
> That figures.  I am continuing with my tests about the behaviour of bash
> shell parameter expansion.  It is not always straightforward and one got to
> think a little bit what a command does.
> Chet should remove him for speaking in such mannerisms and about wrongs he
> only speculates.
>
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 18:49 tolugboji <tolugboji@protonmail.com> wrote:
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>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
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>> On Saturday, October 9th, 2021 at 4:39 PM, Greg Wooledge <
>> greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
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>> > On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 12:02:13PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> >
>> > > On 10/9/21 10:36 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 09:05:19AM -0500, Dennis Williamson wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Your assignment is being executed as a command. Why don't you
>> simply do
>> > > > >
>> > > > > param="Hilbert Transform"
>> > > >
>> > > > Don't bother asking this person why they do whatever it is that
>> they do.
>> > > >
>> > > > Just add their current email address-pattern to your ever-growing
>> list
>> > > >
>> > > > of killfile patterns for blocking them (again).
>> > >
>> > > This doesn't seem like trolling on its face, though the protonmail
>> address
>> > >
>> > > is a potential red flag.
>> >
>> > I immediately recognized the code style they used. It's them. I'm 100%
>> >
>> > sure of it, especially after the tirade that you quoted in another
>> message.
>> >
>> > (Ironically, I wouldn't have seen it at all, if you hadn't quoted it.)
>>
>> You get that as soon as you get to the gnu page, dickhead.  There was no
>> trolling but
>> continue to insist.  Another american snowflake.  You get your ass kicked
>> in Afghanistan
>> and still think you're tops ! The american dream, because you have to be
>> asleep to believe
>> it.
>>
>>
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