On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 05:35:24PM +0200, lhun...@lyndir.com wrote:
> arr=(a b c); echo "${arr[-1]}"
>
> In line with that, I'd like to propose extending that functionality to
> other operations that address array elements:
> echo "${arr[@]:0:-1}" # Expected: c
> echo "${arr[@]:1:
> I don't even understand what the second one is supposed to mean at
> all -- the :1: means to start with "b" and the -2 means to go back 2
> elements...? How do you derive "a c" from any possible interpretation
> of this?
I assume that he wants to be able to treat an indexed array as a circular
On 6/27/2011 10:25 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
I don't even understand what the second one is supposed to mean at
all -- the :1: means to start with "b" and the -2 means to go back 2
elements...? How do you derive "a c" from any possible interpretation
of this?
I assume that he wants to be able to t
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On 6/27/11 11:28 AM, todd.mil...@courtesan.com wrote:
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> when the "-c" option is specified. Th
