Re: IFS=:; ${-+:foo:var} skips the first empty element

[Stephane Chazelas]

2014-07-29 22:53:04 +0000, michael:
> Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Note that it's only about the ${var[:][+-]literal} syntax.
> 
> And $(command substitutions)

Indeed, that's more serious.

~$ mksh -c 'IFS=:; printf "<%s>\n" $(echo :a::b)'
<a>
<>
<b>

-- 
Stephane