Re: Bash parameter expansion (remove largest trailing match, remove largest leading match, pattern replacement) does not work

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/29/20 9:12 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:

>> Actually, it works (portably) with
>> separator2=$'\057'
> 
> (a) $'...' is not POSIX. For instance, dash does not recognize it.

I believe it made the cut and will be in the next edition of the standard.


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