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indirect parameter expansion broken for ${#PARAM}
From: |
Leonard Stiles |
Subject: |
indirect parameter expansion broken for ${#PARAM} |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:01:13 +0200 |
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I.
-I/home/swt/doko/export/packages/bash/bash-2.03
-I/home/swt/doko/export/packages/bash/bash-2.03/lib -I/usr/include -g -O2
uname output: Linux TK212017118241.teleweb.at 2.2.19 #1 Tue Jun 19 07:46:20
CEST 2001 i686 unknown
Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 2.03
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release
Description:
Indirect parameter expansion (i.e. of the form ${!var}) seems to be
broken in bash 2.03 when used in the ${#var} form to obtain the length
of a variable's value.
Repeat-By:
# the following should print "3", instead it causes an error:
myvar=val
myvarname=myvar
echo ${#!myvarname}
bash: !myvarname}: event not found
--
Leonard Stiles <ljs@uk2.net>
- indirect parameter expansion broken for ${#PARAM},
Leonard Stiles <=