On Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 4:50 PM <lisa-as...@perso.be> wrote: > > Have noticed that parameter expansion with `:` does not work > > > > : ${fltype:-"texi,org"} # alternative to `fltype=` > >
$ unset foo $ : ${foo:-bar} $ echo "$foo" $ : ${foo:=bar} $ echo "$foo" bar The first form is a substitution and the second form is an assignment.