Bernd Eggink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This happens on a utf-8 based system (CRUX 2.3), LANG=de_DE.UTF-8:
>
> t="123abc456äöüABCD"
> echo ${t//[a-c]/}
> # output: 123456öüCD
Which is correct. [a-c] matches every character between a and c
(inclusive) in the collating sequence defined by the locale. For your
locale that includes characters like ä and A. You should avoid the use
of ranges when not using the C locale.
Andreas.
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