Re: bash=~ bug or feature

2007-05-18 Thread Jeff Chua
On Thu, 17 May 2007, Bob Proulx wrote: The behavior has been intentionally changed. Please see Bash FAQ item E14. Ok, thanks. I should have read the FAQ first. Thanks, Jeff. ___ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org

Re: bash=~ bug or feature

2007-05-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Jeff Chua wrote: With bash 3.1.17(4)-release # [[ abcd =~ ^a ]]; echo $? 0 With bash 3.2.17(3)-release # [[ abcd =~ ^a ]]; echo $? # is this a bug??? 1 # [[ abcd =~ ^a ]]; echo $? 0 Is this a bug? The behavior has been intentionally changed. Please see Bash FAQ item E14. Bob

Re: bash=~ bug or feature

2007-05-17 Thread Chet Ramey
With bash 3.1.17(4)-release # [[ abcd =~ ^a ]]; echo $? 0 With bash 3.2.17(3)-release # [[ abcd =~ ^a ]]; echo $? # is this a bug??? 1 # [[ abcd =~ ^a ]]; echo $? 0 Is this a bug? It is the intended behavior. See question E14 in the latest bash FAQ (reproduced below). There has