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${foo//bar/baz} must replace all bar to baz, so echo will be foobazfoobaz tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html

Aristarhys
– Aristarhys

2012-01-22 11:26:32 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2012 at 11:26
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OP is doing global substitution using //. I don't think he wants to append bar/baz to his variable. He is looking to replace occurrences of bar with baz so that his output looks like foobazfoobaz

jaypal singh
– jaypal singh

2012-01-22 11:27:20 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2012 at 11:27
yeah in every bash string manipulation article use such code but it does not work for me

Aristarhys
– Aristarhys

2012-01-22 11:28:59 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2012 at 11:28

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