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bash question



> in my .profile file i had the following line:
>   hst=${HST:0:3}
> i was cited for a login error because of it

What was the error?

It works fine for me on:
GNU bash, version 3.2.17(1)-release (i386-apple-darwin9.0)
GNU bash, version 3.2.39(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)

-ben

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