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Re: negative offset parameter expansion


From: Oliver Eikemeier
Subject: Re: negative offset parameter expansion
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:30:04 +0200
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jochen@puchalla-online.de wrote:

Description:
        Parameter expansion with negative offset does not work

Repeat-By:
        export bla=bla.WaV
        echo ${bla:-3}

        This should deliver "WaV", following the manpage, but I get "bla.WaV"

See the Bash FAQ <http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/FAQ>, question E12
-Oliver





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