Re: variable problem

Re: variable problem

[Bruce Stephens]

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).

variable problem

[Thomas Ziehmer]

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