On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 12:23:41PM +0100, Emanuele Torre wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:10:06PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:50:46 +0100 > > From: Emanuele Torre <torreemanue...@gmail.com> > > Message-ID: <Zd0j1s452p-Vod6H@t420> > > > > | To use esac as a pattern you need to use the (esac) syntax, > > > > Or quote it > > > > 'esac') > > > > (or similar). > > > > kre > > > > No, then the pattern is 'esac' not esac. > > In fact, declare -f will print 'esac' and not esac in that case; as it > would print 'es'ac instead of easc if you had used 'es'ac. > > After expansion, those patterns are both always esac, but that is > entirely besides the point. > > o/ > emanuele6
Well, technically, even after expansion, 'esac' will be \e\s\a\c, not esac; and 'es'ac will be \e\sac. Anyway they will both semantically only match exactly esac, yes. o/ emanuele6
