Bug 5132 - ash: replace of escaped "/" does not work.
Summary: ash: replace of escaped "/" does not work.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: 1.19.x
Hardware: PC Linux
: P5 minor
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2012-04-21 18:18 UTC by alex hauras
Modified: 2015-10-29 19:52 UTC (History)
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Description alex hauras 2012-04-21 18:18:53 UTC 
basic symbols:
bash:
$ VAR="aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" ; EE=${VAR//a/b}; echo $EE
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
busybox ash:
$ VAR="aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" ; EE=${VAR//a/b}; echo $EE
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

escaped special symbols:
bash:
$ VAR="//////////////////////////////////" ; echo ${VAR//\//\\\/}
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
busybox ash:
$ VAR="//////////////////////////////////" ; echo ${VAR//\//\\\/}
//////////////////////////////////
Comment 1 Ron Yorston 2015-07-20 12:07:53 UTC 
This is fixed in 1.24 by commit 417622c (ash: fix breakage of ${v/pat/str}).