On 9/16/16 1:51 AM, Eric Pruitt wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> I have a script that execute `if [[ "$(<"/proc/$1/cmdline")" = tmux*
> ]];`.
> All /proc/*/cmdline include null bytes, and as of Bash 4.4, this
> results in
> a warning being spewed on stderr which did not happen in Bash 4.3.
Other users have expectations that differ from yours. I received messages
reporting the the bash-4.3 behavior (the longtime bash behavior) as a bug.
Warning the user that bash discards some characters from the command
substitution output seemed like the course that would let everyone know
what's happening regardless of their expectations.
Chet
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