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Re: declare/typeset can't set array to variable name
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: declare/typeset can't set array to variable name |
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Date: |
Fri, 5 Jan 2018 08:12:06 -0500 |
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NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) |
On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 08:02:24AM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 1/4/18 9:27 PM, Tim Burnham wrote:
> > tim@TimBookPro:~/ declare ${var2}="And this works"
> > tim@TimBookPro:~/ declare ${var2}=( This breaks )
> > -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> It's a syntax error.
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