Re: Feature request for Bash

2013-11-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Ryan Campbell Cunningham wrote: > I would like to request that Bash delete the character > immediately preceding a '#', provided the '#' > ... > (The request was inspired by an article in the seventh > edition of the UNIX Programmer's Manual. This feature > is not required by PO

Re: RFC: turn off word splitting for vars but keep for read

2013-11-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Greg Wooledge wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Aleksey Midenkov wrote: > > > rmcmd="$rmprog -f" > > > > > > Because it will fail for files with spaces. > > > > I am sure we disagree but I don't consider making rm program names > > have spaces to be reasonable. :-/ > > > > What would it be? "remo

Re: RFC: turn off word splitting for vars but keep for read

2013-11-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 08:41:46PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Aleksey Midenkov wrote: > > rmcmd="$rmprog -f" > > > > Because it will fail for files with spaces. > > I am sure we disagree but I don't consider making rm program names > have spaces to be reasonable. :-/ > > What would it be? "rem

Re: Feature request for Bash

2013-11-25 Thread Chet Ramey
On 11/24/13 11:04 PM, Ryan Campbell Cunningham wrote: > Bash Version: 4.2 > Patch Level: 45 > Release Status: release > > Description: > I would like to request that Bash delete the character > immediately preceding a '#', provided the '#' > >* does not begin a new word, >