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2019-08-06 16:00:21 -0400, Greg Wooledge:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 06:18:27PM +,
Date:Tue, 6 Aug 2019 16:00:21 -0400
From:Greg Wooledge
Message-ID: <20190806200021.gk1...@eeg.ccf.org>
| Unquoted $a is a bad idea, which
| may explain why it didn't receive enough testing to uncover whatever
| this is.
A sane person might do it if
a=fo
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 06:18:27PM +, Mohamed Akram wrote:
> Bash version: GNU bash, version 5.0.7(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin18.5.0)
>
> Example:
>
> shopt -s nullglob
> a='\x30'
> echo $a
>
> Expected output:
>
> \x30
>
> Actual output:
>
Also happens in bash 5.0 on Debian GNU/Linu
Bash version: GNU bash, version 5.0.7(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin18.5.0)
Example:
shopt -s nullglob
a='\x30'
echo $a
Expected output:
\x30
Actual output:
Hello Mr. Elz.
Ah, that old story, you are very much welcome.
Robert Elz wrote in <26245.1565045...@jinx.noi.kre.to>:
|Date:Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:05:43 +0200
|From:Steffen Nurpmeso
|Message-ID: <20190805120543.bf9-u%stef...@sdaoden.eu>
|
|| Would be nice to have s
