Re: nullglob breaks unset of arrays

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On 2008-09-24, mario.trentini_bb@m4x.org wrote:
...
> Description:
>       When nullglob option is enable (shopt -s nullglob), unset of an array
>       does not work.
>
> Repeat-By:
>       my_array=(1 2 3 4 5 6)
>       echo "Array ${my_array[@]}"
>       shopt -u nullglob
>       # remove first entry
>       unset my_array[0]
>       echo "Array ${my_array[@]}"
>       shopt -s nullglob
>       # remove first entry
>       unset my_array[0]

   There is no longer any my_array[0] to unset. Try:

unset my_array[1]

>       echo "Array ${my_array[@]}"


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