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Re: set -x vs. n=($@)
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: set -x vs. n=($@) |
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Tue, 5 Sep 2023 14:48:16 -0400 |
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On 9/3/23 12:15 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:
However...
bash-5.2$ declare -a c=("$a")
+ c=('foo')
+ declare -a c
You kind of have to. This isn't an assignment statement, since `declare'
is a builtin and its arguments have to be expanded before it's called and
set -x kicks in. The fact that it's an assignment builtin complicates
things.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/