Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > > $ printf -v q[2] "%s" "$RANDOM" > bash: printf: `q[2]': not a valid identifier > > > I know I can work around it with a temporary variable, but it > would be nice if it could be done in a single step.
That could be a useful extension. It will probably find its way into a future version. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
