Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
lör 2006-03-18 klockan 14:15 -0800 skrev Linda W:
Bash added the feature to allow dropping of the leading
0, accepting strings: \0nnn, \nnn, and \xHH. I'm guessing that
most bash users run in a shell that has expansion turned off by default or
this would have
Linda W [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I believe bash is broken in regards to using any number after
\ as an octal value. The shell specifications require the leading
zero for an octal constant
I'm afraid this is backwards. This POSIX+XSI requirement constrains
applications, not implementations.