From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from primenet.com.au (ns1.primenet.com.au [203.24.36.2]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id a18ffba0 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:46:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12514 invoked by alias); 22 Nov 2019 10:45:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 24456 Received: (qmail 15599 invoked by uid 1010); 22 Nov 2019 10:45:51 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mailout2.w1.samsung.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.102.0/25635. spamassassin: 3.4.2. Clear:RC:0(210.118.77.12):SA:0(-7.0/5.0):. Processed in 4.411588 secs); 22 Nov 2019 10:45:51 -0000 X-Envelope-From: p.stephenson@samsung.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.samsung.com designates 210.118.77.12 as permitted sender) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mailout2.w1.samsung.com 20191122104510euoutp02e50c949f41b027b55213376d9b957531~ZdjP6dsc12485424854euoutp02V DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=samsung.com; s=mail20170921; t=1574419510; bh=+vQM3iEEgWsrkXVMCTdc79Jcr3RxGsJKhutdSVNB7hs=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=bT3aeS4l5Dyz90msaQAr3DlXoDYTZZ02IcRPPhoTuj7NbnpDrJkkvsuUGhkPmstHm fkoIwyVCkDc1ckDrty9JH/XVd+cBLKTeKjwslh47UC+cMfd5PZaTNZbloMkgCKOyEE yOqIXAuwxdOw6BbulY2SVZu/JTVR9e5CizRLsdpI= X-AuditID: cbfec7f5-a0fff7000001ed1a-6e-5dd7bc356c40 Message-ID: <1574419508.4702.10.camel@samsung.com> Subject: Re: Is quoting of the assigned value needed? From: Peter Stephenson To: Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:45:08 +0000 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.5.2-0ubuntu3.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrHIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsWy7djPc7qme67HGvRctbTYcXIlowOjx6qD H5gCGKO4bFJSczLLUov07RK4Mm63fmctOMxScX3ZN7YGxnPMXYycHBICJhKrHnWxdzFycQgJ rGCUmPXsCyOE08Mkcej/ESYIp5tJ4s2ySSwwLdNb30C1LGeUuNa/gxWuauPtR2wQzhlGiV0r 1kL1X2CUuPW2HaiMg4NXwEhi2yw1EFNYwFRi8S1HkKlsAoYSUzfNZgSxRQTEJZ7N/Aa2jUVA VWL9zj2sIDanQKBE0/2frBBXaEhsuHmMCcTmFRCUODnzCVg9s4C8RPPW2cwgayUEnrNJ3Jjy A+pTF4kHDbuZIGxhiVfHt7BD2DIS/3fOZ4JoaGeUWDPpNTuE08MosenoHUaIKmuJvtsXGUGu ZhbQlFi/Sx8i7CixeuY9NpCwhACfxI23ghBH8ElM2jadGSLMK9HRJgRRrSaxo2krI0RYRuLp GoUJjEqzkHwwC8kHsxBWLWBkXsUonlpanJueWmycl1quV5yYW1yal66XnJ+7iRGYCk7/O/51 B+O+P0mHGAU4GJV4eCeUX4sVYk0sK67MPcQowcGsJMK75/qVWCHelMTKqtSi/Pii0pzU4kOM 0hwsSuK81QwPooUE0hNLUrNTUwtSi2CyTBycUg2Mkt3uLvb3JYTfvA18fH2+8xaLtQb/Z+vf 6A+KmGeuFKna+PNarveVw1eqTnjvWLg8xbJ9XXLn5rz74d/Xt7/jrZuz+ujqaao3kmJYuq42 +eW3GUrv/6x3fv/69d4vPp3WtUszSd5np+g8ry+41LA5qkrm7vy0uLBrjyW2x8xlUubon6it eFVEiaU4I9FQi7moOBEADfm3vAEDAAA= X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrPLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsVy+t/xe7qme67HGuz/w2ex4+RKRgdGj1UH PzAFMEbp2RTll5akKmTkF5fYKkUbWhjpGVpa6BmZWOoZGpvHWhmZKunb2aSk5mSWpRbp2yXo Zdxu/c5acJil4vqyb2wNjOeYuxg5OSQETCSmt75hB7GFBJYySly7KwMRl5H4dOUjO4QtLPHn WhdbFyMXUE0nk8Sev9PZIBrOMEosOskKkbjAKHHq00agDg4OXgEjiW2z1EBMYQFTicW3HEHK 2QQMJaZums0IYosIiEs8m/mNBcRmEVCVWL9zDyuIzSkQKNF0/yfUSKB7lu65xwSSYBbQlGjd /hvqIA2JDTePgcV5BQQlTs58wgJRIy/RvHU28wRGoVlIWmYhKZuFpGwBI/MqRpHU0uLc9Nxi Q73ixNzi0rx0veT83E2MwMDfduzn5h2MlzYGH2IU4GBU4uF9UXktVog1say4MvcQowQHs5II 757rV2KFeFMSK6tSi/Lji0pzUosPMZoCfTSRWUo0OR8YlXkl8YamhuYWlobmxubGZhZK4rwd AgdjhATSE0tSs1NTC1KLYPqYODilGhjL5dWN1/9/kuUhmXpBR1PB67XohJjTx7vMa+5dUbKr CpB+ZHZ8seESds3sLV90aredNVhaf3PpL/XpD+/uniMflq3V8N02Ndd4wwT5/bqvNzlMn3ZM xd8iRsr9ItM7c9szOVf74l3iPsfMy3GoOtaXyWu8VipjvrTyB6ur94Qfumb13uiftlyJpTgj 0VCLuag4EQBpaj0EkgIAAA== X-CMS-MailID: 20191122104509eucas1p198d6c22ba00c4896028af98bc3d3d27a X-Msg-Generator: CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-RootMTR: 20191122020437eucas1p128174332018d20a266f55007fcf271ba X-EPHeader: CA CMS-TYPE: 201P X-CMS-RootMailID: 20191122020437eucas1p128174332018d20a266f55007fcf271ba References: On Fri, 2019-11-22 at 03:03 +0100, Sebastian Gniazdowski wrote: > Hello, > SH_WORD_SPLIT doesn't seem to cause any effects in this context: >  > setopt SH_WORD_SPLIT > var1="a   b" > var2=$var1 > print "$var2" >  > Output: a   b Correct, there's no splitting there: you've got a quoted assignment, a single word assignment, and quoted output. What you should be doing depends on what you're trying to do, which you don't say.  Do you want var2 to be an array of split parts of $var1?  In that case, do an array assignment. var2=($var1) pws