[Discuss] What the use of .bashrc

[Jerry Feldman]

On 10/30/2012 10:58 AM, joe at polcari.com wrote:
>   Looks to me like the first test only tests if $1 is not at the end of $PATHor am I missing something?    ----- Original Message -----From: "Jerry Feldman" >;gaf at blu.org
>
No, it tests is $1 exists in $PATH.
I really hate bash pattern matching because I have to read the manual
every time I use them.
in this case '*:"$1":*' looks for $1 anywhere in $PATH.

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