Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Printed | Page 9 Text immediately following first brace expansion form |
The sentence, "Expands to preXpost, preYpost, and so on" is syntactically correct, but it isn't technically correct. The sentence is depicting what the expansion would look like; therefore, the "," between preXpost and preYpost is incorrect. |
Kevin Day | Aug 20, 2012 |
Page 9 Top of page |
The book insists that the {a..b} construct is valid only for integers, but it seems that "{a..z}" generates the series "a b c d ... z". Does this construct officially support letters as well? I can even use "{a..z..2}". Is this *supposed* to be valid, or is this just a weird accident one should not count on? |
Robert P. J. Day | May 05, 2014 | |
Printed | Page 12 United States |
Omissions: Page 12's Command Forms lacks the "simple command" which I believe is |
W. Dean Stanton | Nov 21, 2014 |
Page 17 "Examples" |
Comment mentions "part3k", should be simply "part3". |
Robert P. J. Day | May 04, 2014 | |
Printed | Page 40 Table of Event designators |
The 'Command' for the 'Description' "Current command line up to this point" should be, |
Kevin Day | Aug 20, 2012 |
Printed | Page 40 Event Designator Table |
I should have provided an example of the !# usage... |
Kevin Day | Nov 29, 2012 |