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From: Dennis Stosberg <dennis@stosberg.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] configure: Add test for Perl
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:25:33 +0200
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Gerrit Pape wrote:

> This should work with shell/builtins only, no sed/cut:
>
>  path=${PATH}:
>  while test -n "$path"; do
>    p=${path%%:*}/$1
>    test ! -x "$p" || { echo "$p"; return 0; }
>    path=${path#*:}

$ exec /bin/sh
$ uname -a
SunOS hostname 5.9 Generic_118558-25 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Solaris
$ echo ${PATH%%:*}
bad substitution
$ echo ${PATH#*:}
bad substitution

Regards,
Dennis