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) ?
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>
> 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

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