Robert Elz <k...@munnari.oz.au> wrote:
> Oh, one more thing about patterns - a question this time, though the
> answer might end up suggesting more text that needs to be in
> the standard.
>
> If I have
>
> var='a*"?"'
>
> and then I do
>
> echo $var
>
> what should the result be? Is this absolutely the same as
>
> echo a*"?"
No, it isn't.
The result of a shell macro expansion is quoted internally before quote removal
is applied.
For this reason echo $var will print a*"?", while the latter prints a*?
Jörg
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