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From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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Subject: bin/1127: sh(1) parameter expansion for substring processing not enabled
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>Number:         1127
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sh(1) parameter expansion for substring processing not enabled
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr  9 04:30:02 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Wolfram Schneider
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:
>Description:

$ sh -c 'bla=/usr/src; echo ${bla##/usr/}'
Syntax error: Bad substitution
$ bash -c 'bla=/usr/src; echo ${bla##/usr/}'
src

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

The sh(1) from NetBSD has substring processing.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: