Re: Question about case statement in Bash docs

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/10/21 7:12 AM, AlvinSeville7cf wrote:
>     Hello! Let’s consider the following snippet from [1]Bash docs:
> case word in
>      [ [(] pattern [| pattern]…) command-list ;;]…
> esac
>
>
>     It is written that: Each pattern undergoes tilde expansion, parameter
>     expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic expansion. But if it’s
>     true why the following code outputs Y?

You're right; case patterns undergo quote removal.

Chet

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