>From: Dennis Williamson <dennistwilliam...@gmail.com>
>To: lisa-as...@perso.be
>Subject: Re: parameter expansion with `:` does not work
>Date: 08/07/2021 00:28:33 Europe/Paris
>Cc: bug-bash <bug-bash@gnu.org>
>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.
So you used `:` at the beginning and it worked?
