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printf -v doesn't allow array assignment
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Chris F.A. Johnson |
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printf -v doesn't allow array assignment |
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Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:02:31 -0400 (EDT) |
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Alpine 2.00 (NEB 1167 2008-08-23) |
$ printf -v q[2] "%s" "$RANDOM"
bash: printf: `q[2]': not a valid identifier
I know I can work around it with a temporary variable, but it
would be nice if it could be done in a single step.
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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
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