Re: Bug#192831: general: bash expansion failure
On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 10:52:21PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> Package: general
is there a reason you do not report this gainst bash?
> 22:49:40 BDI:~$ echo ${a:-1:1}
> 12345
$ echo ${a:(-1):1}
5
it is talking about arithmetic expressions, and works that way.
Gruss
Bernd
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