Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 01:35:17 +0200 From: Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com> Message-ID: <f7ec2956-dfeb-af4e-d314-937f36424...@redhat.com>
Incidentally, I think you have a typo in this case: | echo '${a##\\\*} removes \*: '"|${a##\\*}|"' - matches \, then *' The expression on the right has just two \ in it, not three, as the echo says should be present, which explains the apparent odd result for that one. kre