arithmetic expression from outside

2019-09-05 Thread YAMAGUCHI Takanori
Is this an intended behaviour? % cat sum.sh sum=0 while read n; do sum=$((sum+n)) done echo $sum % seq 10 | bash sum.sh 55 % yes ++sum | head -10 | bash sum.sh 1023 % echo 'x[$(echo Hello, world!>&2)]' | bash sum.sh Hello, world! 0 % bash -c 'echo $BASH_VERSION' 5.0.9(0)-release

Re: arithmetic expression from outside

2019-09-05 Thread Chet Ramey
On 9/5/19 4:40 AM, YAMAGUCHI Takanori wrote: > Is this an intended behaviour? The command substitution in the evaluation of the array index? Yes, array indices undergo word expansions. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hi

Re: arithmetic expression from outside

2019-09-05 Thread YAMAGUCHI Takanori
I meant that the evaluation is unsafe. If this behaviour is the defined feature, manpage should be added the warning that "must not use unchecked input in an arithmetic expression context". On 2019/09/05 23:08, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 9/5/19 4:40 AM, YAMAGUCHI Takanori wrote: >> Is this an intended