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:
As I read Posix, twice, as long as there are only assignment statements
in the command. Assignment statements preceding simple commands are
treated differently.
Chet
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