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Re: Behavior change in ${...//...}

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From: Danek Duvall <duvall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Behavior change in ${...//...}
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 13:08:19 -0700
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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:28:12AM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:

> See the README file for 4.0.7.

Ah, thanks.  I saw the change in the man page, but was only looking at
the 4.1.1 sources, and didn't see any reference to the change.

> Note also the following workaround which is valid in all versions of the
> shell that support this syntax:
>   % slash=/
>   % foo=word/bird
>   % print ${foo/$slash/-} "${foo/$slash/+}"

As it turned out (not too long after I sent my query), this was easier
for me to do than I had expected, and so I no longer needed some test
for which behavior to use.

Thanks,
Danek

References:
- Behavior change in ${...//...}
  - From: Danek Duvall
- Re: Behavior change in ${...//...}
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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