From: pascal.lemaitre@capgemini.fr (Pascal Lemaitre) Subject: B20: bug in bash string substitution, ${var%%/*} eats last character 23 Dec 1998 15:38:22 -0800 Message-ID: <025701be2e8d$491482e0$a3640180.cygnus.gnu-win32@poste163> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: The following script does not work correctly as a file, whereas it does in interactive mode. Here is what happens : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- poste163:~> exemple.sh Gdm/Noy -- Gd Gdm/Noy -- Gd Longueur/largeur -- Longueu poste163:~>. exemple.sh Gdm/Noy -- Gdm Gdm/Noy -- Gdm Longueur/largeur -- Longueur ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The script text is: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- for tst in Gdm/Noy "Gdm/Noy" Longueur/largeur do echo $tst '--' ${tst%%/*} done ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PS: it is not easy to find if a similar bug has already been reported. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".