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Re: [Help-bash] The best way to get the last element of $@
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Help-bash] The best way to get the last element of $@ |
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Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:58:45 -0600 |
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On 03/19/2015 10:49 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
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> There are many ways of getting the last element of address@hidden Does anybody
> know what might be the best way to get the last element of address@hidden
> Thanks.
Here's one way that requires no subshells (yes, it uses eval, but this
is one case where we are safe from eval doing anything evil):
# set $last to the last member of $@
eval printf -v last %s "address@hidden"
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
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