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Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:43 -0700
From: reckoner <reckoner@gmail.com>
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To: Peter Stephenson <Peter.Stephenson@csr.com>
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Subject: Re: how to use character range [] in substitution pattern :gs
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On 5/9/2012 7:38 AM, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> On Wed, 9 May 2012 16:23:20 +0200
> Jérémie Roquet<arkanosis@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> 2012/5/9 reckoner<reckoner@gmail.com>:
>>> I'm trying to use the the [] character range to substitute for embedded
>>> parenthesis as in the following:
>>>
>>> % echo ${x:gs/[()]/_/}
>>>
>>> But This isn't working for some reason. It's not complaining about syntax,
>>> so I'm pretty sure that I'm using the character range [] incorrectly
>>> somehow.
>>
>> By default, the left side of a substitution is a string, not a
>> pattern. You have to setopt HIST_SUBST_PATTERN to use patterns
>> instead.
>
> Probably better to use the syntax that already handles this:
>
> ${x//[\(\)]/_}
>

This last one doesn't work for me with or without the HIST_SUBST_PATTERN.

Thanks!