GNU bug report logs - #78329
bash extraction of segment from end of string returns full string

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78329: closed (bash extraction of segment from end of string
 returns full string)
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 22:00:04 +0000

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From: <carlyle_moulton <at> optusnet.com.au>
To: <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bash extraction of segment from end of string returns full string
Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 06:36:27 +0000

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GNU bash, version 5.2.32(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)

Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later < http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html >

In Fedora 41.

${parameter:-offset} and ${parameter:-offset:length} return full parameter.

carl <at> fedora:~$ a=12345

carl <at> fedora:~$ echo ${a:-2}

12345

carl <at> fedora:~$ echo ${a:-3:2}

12345

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: 78329-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 15:59:08 -0600

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