For the record, in bash 4.2.25 (Ubuntu LTS 12.04) you can work around your
issue with :
printf -v "aa["ind2"]" %s ""
or
printf -v "aa["ind2"]" %s
D
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Damien Nadé <[email protected]>
Astek Sud-Est pour France Télécom - Orange/OF/DSIF/DFY/SFY/DO
Sophia Antipolis - France / Tel : 04 97 46 28 74
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : [email protected] [mailto:bug-bash-
> [email protected]] De la part de NBaH
> Envoyé : jeudi 21 novembre 2013 19:04
> À : [email protected]
> Objet : bash 4.3 and 4.2 trouble with associative arrays assigned by
> ``printf -v''
>
> hello,
>
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/home/nbah/share/locale'
> -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DDEBUG -DMALLOC_DEBUG -I. -I.
> -I./include -I./lib -g -O2
> uname output: Linux mymachine 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: beta2
>
> Description:
> associative indexes don't appear when assigned by ``printf -v''
> $ declare -A aa
> $ printf -v "aa["ind1"]" "value 1"
> $ printf -v "aa["ind2"]" "value 2"
> $ printf '%s\n' "${!aa[@]}"
>
> $
>
> also :
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 37
> Release Status: release
> empty value in associative array when assigned by ``printf -v'' don't
> "assign" index
> $ declare -A aa
> $ printf -v "aa["ind1"]" "value 1"
> $ printf -v "aa["ind2"]" ""
> $ printf '%s\n' "${!aa[@]}"
> ind1
> $
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