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Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:27:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <52dba8e4-2538-7c96-ecd5-66e017ab2b8e@eastlink.ca> In-Reply-To: <52dba8e4-2538-7c96-ecd5-66e017ab2b8e@eastlink.ca> From: Roman Perepelitsa Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 20:26:56 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: array with newlines preserved as literal text To: Ray Andrews Cc: Zsh Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Seq: 26450 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 8:16 PM Ray Andrews wrote: > > ... I can recapture that text from the file to a variable like this: > > $ typeset -a array1=( "${(q+)$( $ print -l $array1 This unquotes the text partially before printing (because print is invoked without -r). > But if I try to capture the output to a variable directly: > > $ array2=$(eval "$@") This is fine. You can verify that the content is as expected: print -r -- $array2 Note that array2 is a scalar and not an array. array1 is an array with one element. If you want array2 to also be an array with one element, do this: array2=("$(eval "$@")") Roman. P.S. Use `typeset -p var` to see the value of parameter `var`. typeset -p array2