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diff --git a/public/bash-arrays.md b/public/bash-arrays.md index cbbd4c4..23d90bb 100644 --- a/public/bash-arrays.md +++ b/public/bash-arrays.md @@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ for the arguments array, which is; though getting subset arrays from `$@` and `$*` is not (tip: use `set --` to re-purpose the arguments array). Writing for various versions of Bash, though, is pretty do-able. -Everything here works all the way back in bash-2.0 (1996), with the -following exceptions: +Everything here works all the way back in bash-2.0 (December 1996), +with the following exceptions: * The `+=` operator wasn't added until Bash 3.1. @@ -430,5 +430,6 @@ following exceptions: * In Bash 4.1 and higher, it works in the way described in the main part of this document. -Bash 1.x won't compile with modern GCC, so I couldn't verify how it -behaves. +Now, Bash 1.x doesn't have arrays at all. `$@` and `$*` work, but +using `:` to select a range of elements from them doesn't. Good thing +most boxes have been updated since 1996! |