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From: bfox@sbphy.ai.mit.edu (Brian Fox)
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Subject: :${abc?abc} exits
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Date: 5 Jan 90 18:36:33 GMT
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   Posted-Date: Fri, 05 Jan 90 12:40:29 EST
   From: ramsdell@linus.mitre.org
   Date: Fri, 05 Jan 90 12:40:29 EST

   bash$ :${abc?abc}
   abc: bad substitution
   bash$ :${abc?abc}
   abc

   Process shell exited abnormally with code 1
   #### Here is what sh does:
   bash$ sh
   $ :${abc?abc}
   abc: abc
   $ 
   ------------------------
   John

Uh, I guess this is fixed, since my shell doesn't exit.  However, I
changed the output to include the variable name from the left.

Why did you type the ":" in front of everything?  Maybe you meant

	${abc:?abc}

???
Brian