Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:38:46 +0200
From: Johan van Selst <johans@stack.nl>
To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Problem in bin/sh stripping the * character through ${expansion%}
Message-ID: <20090806183846.GA68029@mud.stack.nl>
In-Reply-To: <4A7B1DB0.1040602@FreeBSD.org>
References: <4A7B1DB0.1040602@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote:
> I came across this problem during a recent portmaster update. When
> trying to strip off the * character using variable expansion in bin/sh
> it doesn't work. Other "special" characters do work if they are
> properly escaped.
Your script does
var=${var%\*}
When I tried it myself, I automatically typed quotes, which does work
var="${var%\*}"
Alternatively you could use (with or without quotes)
var="${var%[*]}"
Still, I don't see a reason why your variant shouldn't work as well..
Regards,
Johan
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