Re: Unsetting all elements of an associative array

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/4/15 9:42 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> imadev:~$ unset a; declare -A a; a=(["@"]=foo [!]=bar); declare -p a
> declare -A a='([@]="foo" ["!"]="bar" )'
> 
> imadev:~$ unset a; declare -A a='([@]="foo" ["!"]="bar" )'
> bash: [@]="foo": invalid associative array key
> 
> If the declare -p output is intended to be reusable shell code, then
> this is surely a bug.  (Bash 4.3.30.)

You're right, it should be quoted.

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