On 2/19/20 7:00 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 16
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> The GNU Bash Reference Manual Version 5.0 says about test -v:
> '-v VARNAME'
> True if the shell variable VARNAME is set (has been
> assigned a value).
>
> However, it doesn't always return true when VARNAME is an
> (indexed or associative) array that has been assigned a value.
If you refer to an array variable without the subscript, it's equivalent
to referencing element 0.
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