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another case from the case corner case casualty case files


From: Martijn Dekker
Subject: another case from the case corner case casualty case files
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 02:34:13 +0200
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$ x=$'\\a\\b\\c\\\001\\d\\e\\f'
$ case $'abc\001def' in $x) echo ok ;; *) echo oops; esac
oops
$ x=$'\\a\\b\\c\\\002\\d\\e\\f'
$ case $'abc\002def' in $x) echo ok ;; *) echo oops; esac
ok

'case' can't match an escaped $'\001' character passed from a variable.
Any other character from $'\002' up works fine. Curious that $'\001'
seems to be handled specially somehow.

- M



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