On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Roland Mainz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Terrence J. Doyle > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 11/12/12 11:27 AM, Terrence Doyle wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Roland Mainz >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Does anyone know what the _expected_ (POSIX) output for $ tr -c >>> "[b-d]" "[2-4]" <<<"abcde123456" # should look like (yes... yes... >>> "<<<" is a ksh93 extension) ? [snip] > > Mhhh... question (mainly for Glenn): > Would it make sense to add support for $ getconf UNIVERSE # and select > between { system5, bsd } behaviours for "tr" (e.g. for "a-z" vs. > "[a-z]") ?
Glenn: ping! - what do you think about this idea ? IMO it would allow a wider range of compatibility to existing scripts/platforms... ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) [email protected] \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 3992797 (;O/ \/ \O;) _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
