Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> writes:
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> The problem with the POSIX shell string replacement is that the syntax
> is horrible. I can never remember what ${%}, ${%%}, ${#} and
> %{##} do. $(basename $QEMU_PROG) is clear (although it doesn't handle
> spaces in the filename!).Here's how I cope. # is left of % my keyboard. # matches "on the left", % "on the right". #/% are "short" and pick the shortest matching pattern. ##/%% are "long" and pick the longest matching pattern.
