On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 12:29:36PM +0200, Johan Danielsson wrote:
: [a-z] gets expanded by the shell:
:
: --- autoconf.sh 2000/07/10 10:23:09 1.76
: +++ autoconf.sh 2000/07/12 10:31:31
: @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
: # 2. $WARNINGS, $3 command line options, in that order.
: # Set them in the order expected by the M4 macros: the converse.
: _ac_warnings=
: -for warning in `IFS=,; echo syntax,$WARNINGS,$warnings | tr [A-Z] [a-z]`
: +for warning in `IFS=,; echo syntax,$WARNINGS,$warnings | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
Why use the braces at all? Are they really necessary? tr A-Z a-z has
always worked for me, and that format won't be expanded by the shell.
Lars J
