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Re: parameter expansion malinterpretation
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: parameter expansion malinterpretation |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:43:42 -0500 |
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agathos@fobos.org wrote:
> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 9
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> When introducing negative values in a parameter or variable
> substitution dealing with substrings it does not interpret as a negative
> number, I think it interprets like a default value substitution
You are correct -- but that is not a bug.
Chet
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