Re: Parameter expansion with extended pattern make system hang

[Martin Schulte]

Hi!

> > Here's another:
> > 
> > printf -- '%s ' $(gcc --help) | sed 's/ $/\n/'
> > 
> > Let just do the shell most of the work ;-)
> 
> That's not safe.  The unquoted substitution will undergo word splitting,
> which we want, and also globbing, which we do *not* want.
> 
> You should at least disable globbing first, with set -f.

Sure, thanks!

> I also don't understand why you used a '%s ' format and then changed
> spaces to newlines with a second process.  You might as well just use
> a '%s\n' format in the first place, and skip the sed/tr.

I just changed the last one!

Best regards,

Martin