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Re: `declare -f "a="' fails unnecessarily
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: `declare -f "a="' fails unnecessarily |
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Sun, 04 Dec 2022 21:56:23 +0100 |
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On Dez 04 2022, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> In default mode, you actually can do
> $ function a=b { printf hi\\n; }
> though you can't execute it:
> $ a=b foo
> bash: foo: command not found
You just have to quote any part of the function name upto the equal sign
to stop if from being interpreted as an assignment.
$ \a=b foo
hi
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