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Re: set -x output of test operator is irretating
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: set -x output of test operator is irretating |
Date: |
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:12:53 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Chet Ramey wrote:
> Toralf Förster wrote:
> > I'm wondering why in the example (see below) the right side is
> > prefixed with a '\' wheras the left side is unchanged.
> >...
> > tfoerste@n22 ~ $ echo "1 2 3 4" | while read a b c d; do [[ "$a" =
> > "$b" || "$a" = "$c" || "$a" = "$d" ]] && echo oops; done
> > + read a b c d
> > + echo '1 2 3 4'
> > + [[ 1 = \2 ]]
> > + [[ 1 = \3 ]]
> > + [[ 1 = \4 ]]
>
> Because the ==/!=/= operators are defined to match the rhs as a pattern
> unless it's quoted. You quoted the original string, and the `set -x'
> output is supposed to be re-usable as input, so the trace output is
> quoted appropriately.
Of course that makes sense for the "==" and "!=" cases. But is that
true even for the "=" case? For the "=" case I thought it was
"STRING1 = STRING2" and not "STRING = PATTERN".
Could you clarify the rules and educate us?
Thanks
Bob