ash: fix handling of ${VAR: -2}
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_bash1a.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_bash1a.tests
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+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-vars/var_bash1a.tests
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+parameter=abcdef
+offset=2
+noffset=-2
+echo "parameter '${parameter}'"
+echo "varoffset2 '${parameter:${offset}}'"
+echo "varoffset-2 '${parameter:${noffset}}'"
+echo "literal '2' '${parameter:2}'"
+# This is not inrpreted as ${VAR:POS{:LEN}},
+# but as ${VAR:=WORD} - if VAR is unset or null, substitute WORD
+echo "literal '-2' '${parameter:-2}'"
+echo "literal ' -2' '${parameter: -2}'"