Re: let's establish BASH_MINIMUM_TIME_BETWEEN_INTERACTIVE_COMMAND

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 08:23:36PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > OK fixed spelling. > Put in .bashrc to prevent accidental execution of many line clipboard paste > dumps: > case $- in *i*) > safety_seconds=5 SECONDS=1 > PROMPT_COMMAND="if ((SECONDS==0)); then echo TOO FAST HOLMES, waiting

Documentation update for case in shell's builtin help

Release 4.3.0(1)-rc2 The help for "case", in the shell's builtin command "help", shows the operator ;; but not the operators ;& and ;;&. help case Peg Russell

Re: Variable casts from string to array but silently fails in reverse

Thanks - understandable although was confusing at the time and made for a nasty subtle scripting bug. Bash is not for the faint hearted. On 31 January 2014 19:45, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 1/31/14 10:39 AM, Jonathan Doull wrote: > > > Bash Version: 4.2 > > Patch Level: 25 > > Release Status: rele

Re: Variable casts from string to array but silently fails in reverse

On 1/31/14 10:39 AM, Jonathan Doull wrote: > Bash Version: 4.2 > Patch Level: 25 > Release Status: release > > Description: > > Variables can be automatically cast from string to array. > However when cast from array to string, the cast silently fails. Not quite. The bash man page says: "Refe

Variable casts from string to array but silently fails in reverse

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