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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:02:44 +0100
From: Peter Stephenson <Peter.Stephenson@csr.com>
To: "Dan Luther" <dan@theluthers.net>
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Subject: Re: Using variables in command substitution
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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:18:13 -0500
"Dan Luther" <dan@theluthers.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to unify my .zshrc across a couple of platforms, and I ran
> across an interesting ZSH behavior. Essentially, I want to assign a
> variable to the name of a specific command for later substitution:

You're hitting the fact that zsh doesn't split scalar variables
automatically.  See http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq03.html#l18 .

A quick fix for the commands is to use arrays:

ME=(/usr/xpg4/bin/id -un)

etc.

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