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Re: Print non-readonly variables with declare +r -p
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Print non-readonly variables with declare +r -p |
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Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:57:21 -0500 |
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On 12/13/11 3:13 PM, Dan Douglas wrote:
> I imagine this is ok because Bash's declare -p is intended to be human-
> readable only, whereas Ksh guarantees -p produces output in a format reusable
> as input.
Bash's `declare -p' output is intended to be reusable as input, though the
documentation doesn't make that explicit.
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