Re: weird problem -- path interpretted/eval'd as numeric expression

2013-03-30 Thread Chet Ramey
On 3/29/13 11:18 AM, John Kearney wrote: > Oh and FYI > IFS=: read > may change the global IFS on some shells I think. Very few, if any. > Mainly thinking of pdksh right now. > > IFS=: ls # local > > ls_wrap(){ > ls > } > > IFS=: ls_wrap # Changes global IFS > > I think it was the same wi

Re: completion of '../' with symlink component in CWD path

2013-03-30 Thread Felix
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:30:08 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > Marcel Giannelia wrote: > > The problem is that some commands are "smart" and "know" how you > > got to your current working dir -- bash knows that you're in a > > symlink and that the parent dir of the *symlink* (not the actual > > directory