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Re: Eliminating bash scripts?



On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 03:59:40PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
[snip]

> If you can use ${x%%y}, ${x#y} etc. to achieve the same effect (you
> often can), you get the best of both worlds. I believe they're
> specified by POSIX; certainly, current dash supports them, and they're
> in the SUS.

SuSv3 -- POSIX:2001
SuSv4 -- POSIX:2008

So if they're in SuS, they're specified by POSIX :)

While I've read the SuSv3 quite thoroughly, I have yet to study the
SuSv4, so I dunno how big the differences are, and if any of them are
important.


Regards: David
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