Error while starting Jython in Mac

After I figured out how I can use Python to create Pig UDF functions, I got interested in Jython and wanted to play around with it. So I installed it in my Mac through homebrew by executing the following command.

brew install jython

Everything got installed properly, I was able to run Jython after setting
up the following lines in my [bashrc](https://github.com/sudar/dotfiles)

export JYTHON_HOME=$(brew --prefix jython)/libexec
export PATH=$PATH:$JYTHON_HOME/bin

But there was one small annoyance. Every time I was staring Jython, I was getting the following strange warning.

expr: syntax error

After a couple of web searches, I stumbled upon an email thread in the Jython-users mailing list. Basically it was due to a bug in the bash script that is used to start Jython. I opened /usr/local/Cellar/jython/2.5.3/libexec/bin/jython file and changed the line, which fixed the error.

if expr "$link" : '/' > /dev/null; then to if expr "$link" : '[/]' > /dev/null; then

I am exploring Jython more and will keep you guys updated, if I find something interesting.

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