bash $substitution in 2.05b.0-9

[David Selby]

I have hit a problem with bash ... as a sample program I have ...

#!/bin/sh

test="123456789"
temp=${test:1:2}
echo $temp

If I execute the above in debian woody bash 2.05a.0(1) I get
23

OK so far.

I have cgywin on 98SE, with bash 2.05b.0-9. When I run the
above I get ...

:syntax error:bad substitution

for the ... temp=${test:1:2} ... line

Woody + cgywin are almost identical versions of bash, Apparently the 
above statement is valid in any bash >2.0, Any idea why the
problem ?

Dave





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