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Re: Bash - various feature requests
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Bash - various feature requests |
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Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:20:44 -0500 |
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Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> However, if I use echo ${f:-3} I don't get the expected result. I wonder
> if this is a bug of my bash version:
Please read the Bash FAQ, question E12. ${parameter:-word} already means
something else.
Chet
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