On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:40:09 -0800 (PST), chupin...@gmail.com wrote: > > It changed between bash 3.1 and 3.2, documented in the NEWS file. There > > is > > > > a "compat31" option that can be turned on to restore the 3.1 behavior. > > > > As you see it works for me in 3.25
Then maybe you have the compat31 option set (or your distro sets it for you), or you may have a patched, non-vanilla version of bash (redhat is well known for doing this). -- D.