--- /dev/null
+Expected Actual
+a*z : a*z
+\z : \z
+a1z a2z: a1z a2z
+z : z
--- /dev/null
+# This testcase checks globbing correctness in ${v/a/b}
+
+>a1z; >a2z;
+ echo 'Expected' 'Actual'
+v='a bz'; echo 'a*z :' "${v/a*z/a*z}"
+v='a bz'; echo '\z :' "${v/a*z/\z}"
+v='a bz'; echo 'a1z a2z:' ${v/a*z/a*z}
+v='a bz'; echo 'z :' ${v/a*z/\z}
+rm a1z a2z
goto arith_err;
debug_printf_varexp("len:'%s'=%lld\n", exp_word, (long long)len);
if (len >= 0) { /* bash compat: len < 0 is illegal */
- if (beg < 0) /* bash compat */
- beg = 0;
+ if (beg < 0) {
+ /* negative beg counts from the end */
+ beg = (arith_t)strlen(val) + beg;
+ if (beg < 0) /* ${v: -999999} is "" */
+ beg = len = 0;
+ }
debug_printf_varexp("from val:'%s'\n", val);
if (len == 0 || !val || beg >= strlen(val)) {
arith_err:
--- /dev/null
+parameter 'abcdef'
+varoffset2 'cdef'
+varoffset-2 'ef'
+literal '2' 'cdef'
+literal '-2' 'abcdef'
+literal ' -2' 'ef'
--- /dev/null
+parameter=abcdef
+offset=2
+noffset=-2
+echo "parameter '${parameter}'"
+echo "varoffset2 '${parameter:${offset}}'"
+echo "varoffset-2 '${parameter:${noffset}}'"
+echo "literal '2' '${parameter:2}'"
+# This is not inrpreted as ${VAR:POS{:LEN}},
+# but as ${VAR:=WORD} - if VAR is unset or null, substitute WORD
+echo "literal '-2' '${parameter:-2}'"
+echo "literal ' -2' '${parameter: -2}'"