[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> the ouput of $(echo '1 2 3 x') should go through word splitting and x
Word splitting does not occur in the right-hand side of an assignment.
>From the manual:
A variable may be assigned to by a statement of the form
name=[value]
If value is not given, the variable is assigned the null string.
All values undergo tilde expansion, parameter and variable expan-
sion, command substitution, arithmetic expansion, and quote
removal (see EXPANSION below). If the variable has its integer
attribute set, then value is evaluated as an arithmetic expres-
sion even if the $((...)) expansion is not used (see Arithmetic
Expansion below). Word splitting is not performed, with the
exception of "$@" as explained below under Special Parameters.
Pathname expansion is not performed. Assignment statements may
also appear as arguments to the alias, declare, typeset, export,
readonly, and local builtin commands.
Brian
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