On 11/20/18 6:38 AM, Alexander Reintzsch wrote:
> and if I add an empty command after the assignment statement it behaves as
> expected.
>
> echo "A"
> declare -r vconst="I am fixed."
> echo "B"
> vconst="new value" : # please note the : at the end. (no operation command)
> echo "C" # now printed
I would use `true'. `:' is a special builtin, and a POSIX interpretation
clarified that a non-interactive shell is supposed to exit if a variable
assignment error occurs when the assignment precedes a special builtin.
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