Lyall Pearce <ly...@the-pearces.com> writes:
> Repeat-By:
>
> basePic="(2008-04)"
> if [ "${basePic:0:1}" = '(' -a "${basePic:4:1}" = ')' ]
> then
> echo "Got brackets"
> fi
case $basePic in "("???")"*) echo "Got brackets";; esac
> Fix:
> Unsure, I think the bracket parsing should not be treated as
> expression delimiters if they are enclosed in quotes?
The quotes are irrelevant for the test builtin, they are already eaten
by the parser.
> If they are bare, then treat as (brackets), if enclosed in quotes,
> treat as "data".
Bare parens would be a syntax error, since they are part of the shell
grammar.
Andreas.
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