On 9/27/16 4:46 PM, Valentin Bajrami wrote:
> HI,
> 
> While I was testing some variable substitution I came across this error /
> unwanted behavior. 
> 
> So for example:
> 
> $ printf '%s' "${/debash: ${/: bad substitution
> bash: ${/: bad substitution
> 
> just after printf '%s' "${/[TAB]  this behavior is triggert.
Thanks for the report.  Bash can avoid the error messages on an incomplete
word expansion, such as the one in your example.

Chet

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