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Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn't have a space |
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Thu, 2 Aug 2018 11:21:12 -0400 |
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On 8/1/18 7:43 AM, Ilkka Virta wrote:
> On both Bash 4.4.12(1)-release and 5.0.0(1)-alpha, a subarray slice like
> ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if unquoted (and if IFS doesn't
> contain a space):
Thanks for the report. I agree that ${a[@]:sub} should behave the same as
${@:sub}.
Chet
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Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn't have a space,
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