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Re: Can "${x##*/}" be used to replace "$(basename "$x")"?


From: Mike Jonkmans
Subject: Re: Can "${x##*/}" be used to replace "$(basename "$x")"?
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:28:21 +0100

> I think that "${x##*/}" is the same as "$(basename "$x")". But I am
> not sure if there is a corner case that they are not the same. Does
> anybody know if they are exactly the same semantically? Thanks.

For x=/ they differ.

Regards,

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Mike Jonkmans <address@hidden>



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