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Re: comment on RFE: 'shift'' [N] ARRAYNAME

Started byGreg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
First post2018-09-27 11:57 -0400
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  Re: comment on RFE: 'shift'' [N] ARRAYNAME Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-09-27 11:57 -0400

#14673 — Re: comment on RFE: 'shift'' [N] ARRAYNAME

FromGreg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Date2018-09-27 11:57 -0400
SubjectRe: comment on RFE: 'shift'' [N] ARRAYNAME
Message-ID<mailman.1406.1538063865.1284.bug-bash@gnu.org>
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 06:47:33PM +0300, Ilkka Virta wrote:
> Can you make an array whose name even starts with a digit?

No, that's also disallowed.  Bash variable names (including arrays) must
begin with a letter or underscore.

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