On 03/26/2012 07:56 AM, Dan Douglas wrote: > Don't know how much I'm allowed to quote here, but a quick read of the POSIX > parsing rules and parameter expansion sections suggest to me that the start > of the parameter expansion should be the most important factor, and that > nested quotes and braces are counted as part of the parameter expansion and > escape at least any closing braces (doesn't mention opening brace).
POSIX doesn't specify brace expansion. Use of brace expansion is an extension, and since there is no standard, it's hard to say whether it's right or wrong; you can only say whether it behaves as bash documented it to behave. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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