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Re: [Help-bash] Using PE to specify an array
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Jesse Hathaway |
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Re: [Help-bash] Using PE to specify an array |
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Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:06:33 -0500 |
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:34 AM Bruce Hohl <address@hidden> wrote:
> # I DID EXPECT THIS TO WORK as it seems to expand as desired.
> $ _$var1+="(789)"
> bash: _ugly_hash+=(789): command not found
eval is a possible option
eval "_${var1}+=(789)"
unless there is a more idiomatic way of having bash perform the
interpolation on the variable name.
Re: [Help-bash] Using PE to specify an array, Greg Wooledge, 2018/09/14