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Re: Odd behavior with various (q) array modifiers and non-printable characters (backspace, newline)

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zach Riggle <zachriggle@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Odd behavior with various (q) array modifiers and non-printable characters (backspace, newline)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:27:23 -0700
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One other thing ...

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 1:29 PM Zach Riggle <zachriggle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>     $ mysed=( gsed "s/\ba\b/x/" )
>
>     $ echo "aaaa a aaa" | "${mysed[@]}"
>     aaaa x aaa

The string \b does not mean backspace in a GNU sed pattern, it means
"word boundary".  I can't tell from your context whether you think the
replacement was incorrect.

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