Problem in bin/sh stripping the * character through ${expansion%}

[Johan van Selst]

Doug Barton wrote:
> I came across this problem during a recent portmaster update. When
> trying to strip off the * character using variable expansion in bin/sh
> it doesn't work. Other "special" characters do work if they are
> properly escaped.

Your script does
	var=${var%\*}

When I tried it myself, I automatically typed quotes, which does work
	var="${var%\*}"

Alternatively you could use (with or without quotes)
	var="${var%[*]}"

Still, I don't see a reason why your variant shouldn't work as well..


Regards,
Johan
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