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Re: Bug in ${PARAMETER//PATTERN/STRING} with extglob and Pattern *(PAT
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Bug in ${PARAMETER//PATTERN/STRING} with extglob and Pattern *(PATTERN-LIST) |
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:26:15 -0500 |
Following up to my own message:
> > I just want to strip *([[:alpha:]]|[:/]) =
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> No, you don't. This will strip everything (remember, the `*' matches 0 or
> more). And, as you discovered, it exposes some really bad behavior in the
> bash pattern matcher, so it will strip it slowwwwwwwwly.
I found and fixed the problem (and it was just with pattern substitution),
so now bash strips everything very quickly.
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