Hi folks, I came accross the `-v` option of the `test` command and wondered how I would possibly test not only string- and integer- but also array variables as a whole and in parts.
I thought it should be possible to say: declare -Ai foobar=([bar]=0) test -v foobar[foo] && echo true || echo false # Output: true test -v foobar[bar] && echo true || echo false # Output: true Even quoting doesn't help here except for the opposite results: test -v "foobar[foo]" && echo true || echo false # Output: false test -v "foobar[bar]" && echo true || echo false # Output: false Obviously the results should be "false" and "true", respectively. Apart from arrays everything else works as follows: test -v a && echo true || echo false # Output: false declare a="" test -v a && echo true || echo false # Output: true test -v b && echo true || echo false # Output: false declare -i b=0 test -v b && echo true || echo false # Output: true test -v c && echo true || echo false # Output: false declare -a c=() test -v c && echo true || echo false # Output: true Cheers, Tim -- -- `~~~~°< C92A E44E CC19 58E2 FA35 4048 2217 3C6E 0338 83FC
