Re: Problem with expansion of empty elements in ${arrays[*]:0}

[Chet Ramey]

Vítor De Araújo wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i486
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' 
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu' 
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL 
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib   -g -O2
> uname output: Linux exmachina 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 
> i686 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 17
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>
> An expansion like ${array[*]:index} renders empty elements as delete
> (ASCII 127) characters. I have no idea of why this happens.
>
> I am using bash 3.1, but I have tested bash 3.2.27 on an Ubuntu 7.04 machine
> and it happens as well.

Thanks for the report.  This is fixed in bash-4.0.

Chet

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