I just looked for that in the bash manpage, and i can't find anything describing that behavior. Can you highlight where you discovered that?
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/30/2012 10:58 AM, [email protected] 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" >;[email protected] >> > 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. > > -- > Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id:3BC1EB90 > PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix PGP KeyID: 32A492D8 / Email: [email protected] PGP FP: 7834 AEC2 EFA3 565C A4B6 9BA4 0ACB AD85 32A4 92D8 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
