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bash $substitution in 2.05b.0-9
- From: David Selby <cygwin at pusspaws dot net>
- To: Cygwin list <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 20:28:48 +0100
- Subject: bash $substitution in 2.05b.0-9
- Reply-to: cygwin at pusspaws dot net
I have hit a problem with bash ... as a sample program I have ...
#!/bin/sh
test="123456789"
temp=${test:1:2}
echo $temp
If I execute the above in debian woody bash 2.05a.0(1) I get
23
OK so far.
I have cgywin on 98SE, with bash 2.05b.0-9. When I run the
above I get ...
:syntax error:bad substitution
for the ... temp=${test:1:2} ... line
Woody + cgywin are almost identical versions of bash, Apparently the
above statement is valid in any bash >2.0, Any idea why the
problem ?
Dave
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