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Re: bug with for in list, when list is empty
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Francis Montagnac |
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Re: bug with for in list, when list is empty |
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16 Jul 2001 10:34:35 GMT |
>Repeat-By:
> for i in ; do echo $i; done
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
A turnaround is to use an auxiliary variable for the list.
list=''
for i in $list ; do echo $i; done
You should perhaps explain in what context you fall on this.
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