Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> Following a discussion we had earlier this year regarding the order of
> evaluation of variables and variable assignments:
>
> $ A="moo" B="$A more" env |grep ^B
> B=moo more
>
> (rather than showing just 'B= more')
> the dash maintainer has highlighted the following:
>
Following a discussion we had earlier this year regarding the order of
evaluation of variables and variable assignments:
$ A="moo" B="$A more" env |grep ^B
B=moo more
(rather than showing just 'B= more')
the dash maintainer has highlighted the following:
$ bash -c 'K=dvb0.net0 A=${K#dvb} eva
On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:26:32 +0200
"Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FWIW I tried also /usr/xpg4/bin/sh (with the Belenix livecd, SunOS
> 5.11) and that shows the same as sh/ash/dash/bb.
FI just tried on SunOS 5.8 (sparc) - a proper Sun installation -
and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh there shows
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:32:35 -0400
Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> > my interpretation of
> > "variable assignment" is the `A=' part of the statement; i.e. that
> > the rhs of the assignment is expanded.
>
> It's not; the entire word, including the portion after th
Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:23:39 -0400
> Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of
>>> variables in simple commands that were defined earlier in the same
>>> command ... in other words, whe
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:23:39 -0400
Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of
> > variables in simple commands that were defined earlier in the same
> > command ... in other words, whether this snippet:
> > unset
Mike Frysinger wrote:
> i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of variables in
> simple commands that were defined earlier in the same command ... in other
> words, whether this snippet:
> unset A B
> A="moo" B="$A more"
> echo $A , $B
> should display moo twice or just once:
Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of variables in
> simple commands that were defined earlier in the same command ... in other
> words, whether this snippet:
> unset A B
> A="moo" B="$A more"
> echo $A , $B
> should display mo
i'm trying to determine whether POSIX allows for utilizing of variables in
simple commands that were defined earlier in the same command ... in other
words, whether this snippet:
unset A B
A="moo" B="$A more"
echo $A , $B
should display moo twice or just once:
moo , moo more
moo , more
my readi
