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Re: regexp matching broken in bash-3.2.x?


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: regexp matching broken in bash-3.2.x?
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:29:15 +0200
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Bernd Eggink <monoped@sudrala.de> writes:

> "Word splitting and filename expansion are not performed on the words
> between the `[[' and `]]'; tilde expansion, parameter and variable
> expansion, arithmetic expansion, command substitution, process
> substitution, _and quote removal_ are performed."

Quote removal just means that the quotes are not part of the value.  It
does not say anything about how the value is to be interpreted.

Andreas.

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