On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 6:00 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> True, though I think "variable indirection" is a more approachable way to
> describe the feature. I think the description in the man page, and
> especially the contexts where it appears, makes it clear that it works on
> the `parameter' in ${[!]
On 7/15/18 2:19 PM, konsolebox wrote:
> Hi Chet,
>
> As noted in the manual a "variable is a parameter denoted by a name",
> and a parameter "is an entity that stores values; it can be a name, a
> number, or one of the special characters."
>
> But as observed, variable indirection doesn't only ex
Hi Chet,
As noted in the manual a "variable is a parameter denoted by a name",
and a parameter "is an entity that stores values; it can be a name, a
number, or one of the special characters."
But as observed, variable indirection doesn't only expand "variables".
It also expands other forms of par
