On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 08:02:24AM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 1/4/18 9:27 PM, Tim Burnham wrote: > > tim@TimBookPro:~/ declare ${var2}="And this works" > > tim@TimBookPro:~/ declare ${var2}=( This breaks ) > > -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> It's a syntax error. Pages that may or may not help: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashWeaknesses http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/006 http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashProgramming