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uname output: Linux triangle 4.12.14-lp151.28.44-default #1 SMP Fri Mar 20
18:20:20 UTC 2020 (dbf1aea) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-suse-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.4
Patch Level: 23
Release Status: release
Description:
Expansions in an assignment are documented under "SIMPLE COMMAND EXPANSION":
> The text after the = in each variable assignment undergoes tilde
> expansion, parameter expansion, command substitution, arithmetic
> expansion, and quote removal before being assigned to the
> variable.
However, a compound assignment to an array is different: the
values also undergo pathname and brace expansions:
files=(*)
numbers=({1..10})
Originally discovered by Roland at
https://stackoverflow.com/q/61267714/1030675.
Repeat-By:
I've searched the whole "man bash" for "array" and haven't found
this documented. It's possible I've missed the documentation.
Fix:
The additional expansions should be documented either in the
paragraph quoted above, or in the "ARRAYS" section where compound
assignment is described.
Cheers,
Ch.
