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Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn't have a space

From Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups gnu.bash.bug
Subject Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn't have a space
Date 2018-08-02 11:21 -0400
Message-ID <mailman.4616.1533223296.1292.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)
References <c1978119-1836-e88d-4889-c54bea4d0559@iki.fi>

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On 8/1/18 7:43 AM, 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):

Thanks for the report. I agree that ${a[@]:sub} should behave the same as
${@:sub}.

Chet

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Re: Unquoted array slice ${a[@]:0} expands to just one word if IFS doesn't have a space Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2018-08-02 11:21 -0400

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