Re: Possible problem with ${var%%[...]*}

[Chet Ramey]

On 4/2/23 12:54 PM, Oğuz wrote:
> 2 Nisan 2023 Pazar tarihinde Martin Schulte <gnu@schrader-schulte.de> yazdı:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > in the following lines I consider dash's behaviour as correct an bash's as
> > wrong:
>
> Bash expands `<()' as a process substitution. If you escape `<' or `(' it
> works fine.
>
> I am surprised that `<()' is not a syntax error when `()' is though.

Because `<()' is a valid word expansion that can appear as part of a word.
`()' is not.


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