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Re: pattern substitution expands "~" even in quoted variables
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: pattern substitution expands "~" even in quoted variables |
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Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:51:48 -0500 |
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On 3/7/14, 11:21 AM, Lars Wendler wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
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> bash-4.3 seems to expand a "~" (tilde character) with full homepath in a
> pattern substitution even when the variable is embraced by double quotes.
Yes, this is a fix for a bug in bash-4.2. Eduardo's excellent explanation
provides more detail. ksh93 behaves the same as bash-4.3, FWIW.
Chet
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