4 echo "parameter '${parameter}'"
5 echo "varoffset2 '${parameter:${offset}}'"
6 echo "varoffset-2 '${parameter:${noffset}}'"
7 echo "literal '2' '${parameter:2}'"
8 # This is not interpreted as ${VAR:POS{:LEN}},
9 # but as ${VAR:=WORD} - if VAR is unset or null, substitute WORD
10 echo "literal '-2' '${parameter:-2}'"
11 echo "literal ' -2' '${parameter: -2}'"