Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> testing with bash-3.2p17 here ...
>
> looking at these statements:
> K=dvb0.net A=${K#dvb} echo "$A"
> K=dvb0.net A=${K#dvb} ; echo "$A"
> K=dvb0.net A=${K#dvb} eval echo '$A'
>
> shouldnt "0.net" always be displayed ? looks like A is always set properly
> to "0.net", but in the first statement, $A gets expanded before the variable
> assignments are processed
See
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_09_01>.
The command is expanded before the assignments are evaluated.
Andreas.
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