Re: null word list in for loops in bash-2.05.8 not allowed

[Carlos Puchol]

remember, i am running that from inside a makefile.

bash$ cat Makefile 

SOMETHING =

all:
        var='$(SOMETHING)'; for i in $var; do echo "hi: \"$i\""; done

bash$ make
var=''; for i in ar; do echo "hi: \"\""; done
hi: ""
bash$ 



--- Paul Jarc <prj@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> Carlos Puchol <cpg@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > --- Paul Jarc <prj@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> >> Assuming SOMETHING doesn't contain single quotes:
> >> var='$(SOMETHING)'; for i in $var; do ...; done
> >
> > does not work. the loop is issued once, with $i
> > having the empty string.
> 
> No, that would happen if $var were double-quoted.  But it isn't.
> 
> 
> paul


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C. Puchol <cpg@rocketmail.com>

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