Re: busybox still too bloated

[Kjetil Torgrim Homme]

Erik Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> expr can be replaced with posix shell expressions.

This is not true in general, as there is no support for regular
expressions in POSIX sh.

  $ expr "abcdef" : '[ab]*\(.\).*'
  c

Most of the time you can rewrite the code to use parameter
substitution or the arithmetic builtins, so this is not a serious
objection, just a FYI.


Kjetil T.


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