* Re: variable problem
1999-03-25 17:08 variable problem Thomas Ziehmer
@ 1999-03-25 17:03 ` Bruce Stephens
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Bruce Stephens @ 1999-03-25 17:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
Thomas Ziehmer <ziehmer@rhrk.uni-kl.de> writes:
> I got into the following problem (only tested on zsh-3.1*)
>
> thomas@digger [thomas]> a='echo x'
> thomas@digger [thomas]> echo $a
> echo x
> thomas@digger [thomas]> $a
> zsh: command not found: echo x
>
> The correct output would be 'x'. I get the correct output in other shells
> (sh,ksh,bash).
No, you get the incorrect output in other shells. This is the famous
SHWORDSPLIT issue mentioned in the FAQ (which says that all other
shells are broken).
If you use
% a=(echo x)
instead, then things will work as you want. Or setopt SHWORDSPLIT, or
use whatever magic it is to do SHWORDSPLIT on expansion (the $a line).
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* variable problem
@ 1999-03-25 17:08 Thomas Ziehmer
1999-03-25 17:03 ` Bruce Stephens
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Ziehmer @ 1999-03-25 17:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
Hallo,
I got into the following problem (only tested on zsh-3.1*)
thomas@digger [thomas]> a='echo x'
thomas@digger [thomas]> echo $a
echo x
thomas@digger [thomas]> $a
zsh: command not found: echo x
The correct output would be 'x'. I get the correct output in other shells
(sh,ksh,bash).
Regards
Thomas Ziehmer
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