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Re: ${param+x} ?


From: Davide Brini
Subject: Re: ${param+x} ?
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:03:06 +0100

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:38:50 +0100, lacsaP Patatetom <patatetom@gmail.com>
wrote:

> this form `${param+x}` is not documented (man) but is accepted by bash and
> differs from `${param:+x}` :

It IS documented:

When not  performing  substring  expansion,  using the forms documented
below (e.g., :-), bash tests for a parameter that is unset or null.
Omitting the colon results in a test only for a parameter that is unset.

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D.



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