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
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
