lina wrote:
> how to understand
> echo ${PATH#*:}
>
> the #*:
> I don't get it. why the first path before : was gone.
This is really a help-bash question. Please send all follow-ups
there.
The documentation says:
${parameter#word}
${parameter##word}
Remove matching
Hi,
how to understand
echo ${PATH#*:}
the #*:
I don't get it. why the first path before : was gone.
Thanks,
Feel free to write a patch.
RR
In jobs.c we see:
#if defined (RECYCLES_PIDS)
if (last_asynchronous_pid == mypid)
/* Avoid pid aliasing. 1 seems like a safe, unusual pid value. */
last_asynchronous_pid = 1;
#endif
1 is not safe, unusual PID value, because:
1. Linux kernel sometimes start with option "ini