Re: Replacing with quotes the ${x/y/z} way.
From: Chris F.A. Johnson (c.fa.johnson_at_rogers.com)
Date: 12/30/03
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Date: 30 Dec 2003 18:45:07 GMT
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 at 02:31 GMT, Mark June wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem. I do:
>
> $ PS2="> "
>
> $ a=1
>
> $ echo "'"
> '
>
> According to that above, "${a/1/'}" should replace 1 with one single
> quote but:
>
> $ echo "${a/1/'}"
> > bash: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>
> And if I try protecting the single quote during the job it does:
>
> $ echo "${a/1/\'}"
> \'
>
> How could I get that 1 replaced with one single quote using that
> method?
q="'"
echo "${a/1/$q}"
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