On 10/30/2012 10:58 AM, j...@polcari.com wrote: > Looks to me like the first test only tests if $1 is not at the end of > $PATHor am I missing something? ----- Original Message -----From: > "Jerry Feldman" >;g...@blu.org > No, it tests is $1 exists in $PATH. I really hate bash pattern matching because I have to read the manual every time I use them. in this case '*:"$1":*' looks for $1 anywhere in $PATH.
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