On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 12:10:48AM +0000, Pádraig Brady wrote: > We should probably use quoted '[:lower:]' and '[:upper:]' in the text > above at least.
For my part, I like that idea. On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 05:16:25PM -0800, Collin Funk wrote: > Not directly related to your issue, but 'tr' doesn't operate on regular > expressions. Good point. That's worth a rewording. > Agreed. I think it is probably best to leave the explanation of quoting > to the shell's documentation since it affects so much [2]. It still seems like a good idea to mention that this can happen. It's a way to keep users from being bitten and it's essentially for free by mentioning that some of the things tr(1) accepts are of interest to various shells. -- Mason Loring Bliss - [email protected] - "We seek for slumbering trout / And whispering in their ears / Give them unquiet dreams;" - W.B. Yeats
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