Re: [here string] uncompatible change on here string function

[Peter & Kelly Passchier]

On 11/22/2017 08:04 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:

wooledg:~$ bash-4.2
wooledg:~$ var=$'foo\t\tbar'
wooledg:~$ cat <<< "$var"
foo             bar

I think you are missing the point. He is claiming/reporting:
$ bash-4.4-12
$ var=$'foo\t\tbar'
$ cat <<<$var
foo             bar

# Without the quotes, the tabs still get expanded, that should not
# happen, they should collapse into 1 space, this is a bug if true.

Peter