Re: [Help-bash] How to print a bash variable in the most succinct way?

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/17/16 9:10 AM, Peng Yu wrote:

>     A one-character change to the awk version of the command will work with
>     bash-4.4.
> 
> 
> Could you elaborate what you mean? Which one char change? 

Anchor the regexp pattern to the beginning of the line.

> What is the
> difference between bash 4.4 and 4.3 that would help the solution of this
> problem. 

Formatting changes in `declare' output.  I encourage you to download one
of the bash-4.4 testing releases and look for yourself.

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