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Re: [Help-bash] Destroying arbitrary subset in an associative array?
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Dan Douglas |
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Re: [Help-bash] Destroying arbitrary subset in an associative array? |
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Mon, 19 Sep 2016 09:14:35 -0500 |
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Greg Wooledge <address@hidden> wrote:
> The more complex reason is... whatever Dan said.
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When a[$x] becomes a[]] or a['] etc. Yes, not quoting the glob is also
wrong, but the more immediate problem here is bash to treating the
index value as syntax because the $x was expanded first.