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Re: strange expansion of <(cat p.main.{optional,extra})


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: strange expansion of <(cat p.main.{optional,extra})
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:01:14 +0200
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Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> writes:

> Well, no, because bash expands *parameters*, not words. So the prefix is
> "<(cat /etc/", and the suffix is ")".

But that would not be a *strict textual* expansion.

Andreas.

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