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Re: ${!variable@operator} does not work for variables without values; i


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: ${!variable@operator} does not work for variables without values; inconsistencies between present and absent [@] for @A and @a
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 13:59:14 -0500
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On 2/19/20 4:03 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
> ${!variable@operator} does not work for variables without values.
> See empty values for all occurrences of ${!var@...} below.

I think you already realized that your test for this case was flawed.
For instance, given

var=VAR2
operator=Q

eval "echo \"'\${!${var}@${operator}}'\""

you end up expanding ${!VAR2@Q}.

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