Q: bash parameter expansion

[Dmitry V. Levin]

Hi,

I wonder whether such difference in parameter expansion is valid:

$ env -i sh -c 'fun() { echo "[${*#foo }]"; }; fun foo bar'
[foo bar]
$ env -i sh -c 'fun() { echo "[${*#foo}]"; }; fun foo bar'
[ bar]
$ sh --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.33(1)-release (x86_64-alt-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Unlike bash, dash demonstrates no such difference:

$ env -i ash -c 'fun() { echo "[${*#foo }]"; }; fun foo bar'
[bar]
$ env -i ash -c 'fun() { echo "[${*#foo}]"; }; fun foo bar'
[ bar]


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