On 11/3/22 1:32 PM, thierryb--- via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again
SHell wrote:
Bash Version: 5.2
Patch Level: 2
Release Status: release
Description:
String substitution code running for years is broken in 5.2.
Repeat-By:
string = 'xdotool type "sudo apt update"'
string="${string//\"/"}"
printf '%s' "$string"
previously outputs:
xdotool type "sudo apt update"
but now outputs:
xdotool type "quot;sudo apt update"quot;
From NEWS:
x. New shell option: patsub_replacement. When enabled, a `&' in the replacement
string of the pattern substitution expansion is replaced by the portion of
the string that matched the pattern. Backslash will escape the `&' and
insert a literal `&'.
The option is enabled by default. If you want to restore the previous
behavior, add `shopt -u patsub_replacement'.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
