Reuti wrote:
Hi,
I have one system with:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.00.16(1)-release (i586-suse-linux)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> hallo=hallo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rr=r
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> tt="${rr:0:${#rr}-1}$hallo"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> echo ${#tt}
5
This is what I expect. But in an newer bash:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ hallo=hallo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rr=r
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tt="${rr:0:${#rr}-1}$hallo"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo ${#tt}
6
The current version of bash (3.2.33) behaves correctly, like bash-3.0.
Chet
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