On 12/6/16 7:56 PM, Daniel Einspanjer wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 5
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Tested on OSX as well as Ubuntu GNU/Linux 14.4 and Debian Jessie 8
> Tested with Bash 4.3 and 4.4
>
> When trying to output a string from a variable expansio
Awesome, thanks for this tip!
On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 8:44 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 12:56:00AM +, Daniel Einspanjer wrote:
> > echo The desired output is:
> > echo "var = \"test test\""
>
> imadev:~$ q=\"
> imadev:~$ var="a variable"
> imadev:~$ cat < > ${var:+var = $
On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 12:56:00AM +, Daniel Einspanjer wrote:
> echo The desired output is:
> echo "var = \"test test\""
imadev:~$ q=\"
imadev:~$ var="a variable"
imadev:~$ cat < ${var:+var = $q$var$q}
> EOF
var = "a variable"
imadev:~$ echo "$BASH_VERSION"
4.4.0(1)-release
Putting literal q
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: darwin15.6.0
Compiler: clang
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='darwin15.6.0' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0'
-DCONF_VENDOR='apple'
-DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/
