Re: Bug in array populating does not respect quotes

[Dave B]

On Thursday 24 September 2009 16:38:12 David Martin wrote:

> 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

Not a bug. This is expected behavior. To do what you want, use eval:

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

-- 
D.