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@rubo77 echo ${OUTPUT//[`\"\']/x} gives axbxcxa

chaos
– chaos

2014-10-15 10:18:42 +00:00
Commented Oct 15, 2014 at 10:18
It's incorrect to name the expansion "variable expansion". It is called "parameter expansion".

gena2x
– gena2x

2014-10-16 09:50:59 +00:00
Commented Oct 16, 2014 at 9:50
@gena2x - I don't understand what your comment means here?

slm
– slm ♦

2014-10-16 11:30:38 +00:00
Commented Oct 16, 2014 at 11:30

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