"J. Greg Davidson" <[email protected]> writes:
> Here are the convenience functions I use now:
>
> # simple_set VARIABLE_NAME VALUE...
> # sets the named variable to the specified value/list
> simple_set() {
> local -r name="${1}" ; shift
> eval "${name}='${*}'"
> }
This will fail if $* contains single quote characters. You need to
delay the expansion of $* so that it happens during the rescan.
simple_set() {
local -r name=$1 ; shift
eval "$name=\$*"
}
Andreas.
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