#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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#
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#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#   GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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#

HOME=/homes/chet
string=abcdefg
set -- a b c

# verify existing behavior
echo ${string/abc/~}
echo "${string/abc/~}"
echo ${string/abc/"~"}

echo ${string/abc/$notthere}
echo "${string/abc/$notthere}"
echo "${string/abc/"$notthere"}"

echo ${string//?/\$\'&\' } 

shopt -s patsub_replacement

echo ${string//?/\& } 
echo "${string//?/\& }"
echo ${string//?/"& "}
echo ${string//?/"\& "}

echo "${string//?/"a "}"
echo "${string//?/"$# "}"

echo ${string/abc/& }
echo "${string/abc/& }"
echo ${string/abc/"& "}

echo ${string/abc/\& }
echo "${string/abc/\& }"
echo ${string/abc/"\& "}
echo ${string/abc/\\& }

rep='\\&'

echo "${string/abc/&}"
echo ${string/abc/\&}
echo "${string/abc/\\&}"
echo "${string/abc/"\\&"}"
echo ${string/abc/"$rep"}

shopt -u patsub_replacement

echo "${string/abc/&}"
echo ${string/abc/\&}
echo "${string/abc/\\&}"
echo "${string/abc/"\\&"}"
echo ${string/abc/"$rep"}