commit bash-20180316 snapshot

2026-07-09 05:00:49 +02:00 · 2018-03-19 09:46:55 -04:00
parent bf5b8103d4
commit f602026a0c
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@@ -1873,7 +1873,9 @@ Next, the string specified as the argument to the @option{-W} option
 is considered.
 The string is first split using the characters in the @env{IFS}
 special variable as delimiters.
-Shell quoting is honored.
+Shell quoting is honored within the string, in order to provide a
+mechanism for the words to contain shell metacharacters or characters
+in the value of @env{IFS}.
 Each word is then expanded using
 brace expansion, tilde expansion, parameter and variable expansion,
 command substitution, and arithmetic expansion,