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Re: Using unset to destroy array elements doesn't work with 'nullglob'
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Francis Moreau |
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Re: Using unset to destroy array elements doesn't work with 'nullglob' set |
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Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:08:29 +0200 |
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:35:15AM -0700, Francis Moreau wrote:
>> unset foo[0]
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> This is a problem in your script, unfortunately. Even without nullglob,
> this can still fail if you happen to have a file named foo0 in your
> current working directory, which would be matched as a glob.
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> For total safety, you must quote it:
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> unset 'foo[0]'
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oh yes you're right !
thanks
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Francis