Re: ${!variable@operator} does not work for variables without values; inconsistencies between present and absent [@] for @A and @a

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: ${!variable@operator} does not work for variables without values; inconsistencies between present and absent [@] for @A and @a
Date	2020-02-23 15:59 -0500
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
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On 2/20/20 7:34 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:

>> Same answer as previously: maybe it should display the attributes
>> even thought the variable is unset.
> 
> Yes, I think that @A, [@]@A, @a and [@]@a should work for unset variables.

OK, we'll try that and see how it works.

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