The following reply was made to PR docs/185481; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Taras Korenko <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: Re: docs/185481: sh/bash Parameter Expansion +/- syntax not documented Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 12:30:13 +0200 On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 07:45:19PM -0800, Ronald F.Guilmette wrote: > ... > ${parameter-word} > ${parameter+word} > > These forms are not however documented in the "Parameter Expansion" > sections of either the man page for sh or the man page for bash. > ... "In the parameter expansions shown previously, use of the colon in the format results in a test for a parameter that is unset or null; omission of the colon results in a test for a parameter that is only unset." (c) sh(1) under "Parameter Expansion" section (also on web -> [1]). -- 1. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sh&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html -- WBR, Taras Korenko _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
