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| From | Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> |
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| Subject | Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn't have a space |
| Date | Wed, 1 Aug 2018 08:12:51 -0400 |
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 02:43:27PM +0300, Ilkka Virta wrote:
> On both Bash 4.4.12(1)-release and 5.0.0(1)-alpha, a subarray slice like
> ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if unquoted (and if IFS doesn't
> contain a space):
This just reinforces the point that unquoted $@ or $* (or the array
equivalent) is a bug in the script. It gives unpredictable results.
Don't do it.
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Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn't have a space Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-01 08:12 -0400
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