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Bug in array populating does not respect quotes


From: David Martin
Subject: Bug in array populating does not respect quotes
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:38:12 +0200

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDI$
uname output: Linux bristol 2.6.31 #10 SMP Thu Sep 10 17:59:29 CEST
2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 4.0
Patch Level: 33 (debian bash-4.0-7)
Release Status: release

Description:
        When populating an array from a string in a variable does not
handle quotes.

Repeat-By:

~$ declare -a samplearray
~$ samplearray=( x y 'z k')
~$ echo ${samplearray[2]}
z k
~$ samplestring="x y 'z k'"
~$ samplearray=( $samplestring )
~$ echo ${samplearray[2]}
'z




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