Re: [Help-bash] Things like ${parameter^} only works with path expansion?

[Chet Ramey]

On 4/11/15 12:56 PM, Peng Yu wrote:

> I just notice that the manual says "Each  character in the expanded
> value of parameter is tested against pattern, and, if it matches the
> pattern, its case is converted." But the following example shows that
> ',' only allow the match of the first character. Is there anything
> wrong with the manual or I don't understand it correctly?

Again, you didn't read far enough:

The ^^ and ,, expansions convert each matched character
in the expanded value; the ^ and , expansions match and  convert
only  the  first character in the expanded value.

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