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Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:06:04 +0800
From: Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: priority problem of ":|" and ":*"
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:24:58PM -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> In this case rule 5 should have mentioned an exception for the # length
> expression as it does for the (@) array flag, and the description of SPEC
> in the ${#SPEC} documentation might have been qualified to explain that
> surrounding double-quotes are intentionally prevented from altering the
> semantics of the length calculation.
> 
> To get what you expected, you must use a nested substitution.
Thanks.