swilson@swlap1:~/temp$ bash --version GNU bash, version 4.3.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) swilson@swlap1:~/temp$ cat t.txt $ome text !n a file| swilson@swlap1:~/temp$ unset t swilson@swlap1:~/temp$ t=$(< ./t.txt) swilson@swlap1:~/temp$ echo "$t" bash: $ome text !n a file|: invalid variable name for name reference swilson@swlap1:~/temp$ var=foo; declare -n t; t=var; unset t; echo "$t" bash: $ome text !n a file|: invalid variable name for name reference
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