On 7/21/16 11:54 PM, Ryan Cunningham wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 42
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> When BASH finds a per-cent. sign ('%') as the first character of a
> command after quote expansion, such a per-cent. sign is normally
> treated as beginning the identifier of a job to take into the fore-
> ground (or into the background, if the identifier is followed by an
> ampersand ['&']).
>
> Contrary to current behavior, this should not happen if BASH en-
> counters the per-cent. sign preceded by a backslash ('\') or enclosed
> within quotation marks ("'...'").
The current behavior is as intended, and has always worked as it does
now. The `%job' notation is not part of the shell language, and the `%'
is not an operator. It is closer to a simple command. As such, quoting
does not disable any special meaning.
Chet
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