Re: problem with extra space; setting? cygwin only?

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/23/20 3:21 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> I do:
> 
> set output
> echo ">$1<"
>> output<
> output=""printf ${1:+-v $1} "%s:%s" 23 myproc
> 
> 
> 
> -Bash: printf: ` output': not a valid identifier

It looks like word splitting on the result of ${1:+-v $1} isn't taking
place. That might be due to IFS; or because this isn't an accurate
representation of your actual script, which includes quoting; or because
the character between the `v' and `$' isn't a space.

Chet

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