https://wiki.eggheads.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Matchattr_Tcl_Command_Issues 2026-05-02T19:45:17Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.38.4 https://wiki.eggheads.org/index.php?title=Matchattr_Tcl_Command_Issues&diff=123&oldid=prev 2022-09-23T03:14:37Z

<p>Created page with &quot;Until Eggdrop 1.8.3, the Tcl command &#039;matchattr&#039; accepted &quot;-|-&quot; (any or no flags) as a valid mask to match against. In 1.8.3, an attempt to fix a bug causing invalid flags to match as &#039;true&#039; accidentally removed this capability, causing scripts using this method to instead return &quot;Tcl error: Unknown flag specified for matching&quot; (and breaking the script). In 1.9.4, the original functionality of matchattr was restored, once again allowing the &quot;-|-&quot; mask to be used with ma...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Until Eggdrop 1.8.3, the Tcl command 'matchattr' accepted &quot;-|-&quot; (any or no flags) as a valid mask to match against. In 1.8.3, an attempt to fix a bug causing invalid flags to match as 'true' accidentally removed this capability, causing scripts using this method to instead return &quot;Tcl error: Unknown flag specified for matching&quot; (and breaking the script).<br /> <br /> In 1.9.4, the original functionality of matchattr was restored, once again allowing the &quot;-|-&quot; mask to be used with matchattr. If you are encountering this issue with a script, consider checking the version of your Eggdrop and upgrading to the current version, as it may resolve that error in some cases.</div>

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