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Re: feature request: ${ regex s expander, and multiple expandrs inside o
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: feature request: ${ regex s expander, and multiple expandrs inside one |
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Fri, 5 Feb 2021 16:13:49 -0500 |
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On 2/5/21 3:29 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
..
var=mynewfoo
printf ${var~~n[^f]+}
->
myfoo
So you want to remove portions of a variable's value that match a regex?
and also multiple expanders inside one statement would greatly speed up
processment and also fulfill old greatly coding wanting possibilities
No. This has come up before; it's very hard to keep it coherent and not
worth the implementation complexity.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/