On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Linda Walsh <b...@tlinx.org> wrote:
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> ` Pierre Gaston wrote:
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>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Linda Walsh <b...@tlinx.org> wrote:
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>>> Dennis Williamson wrote:
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>>>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Linda Walsh <b...@tlinx.org> wrote:
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>>>>> I have to use 'indirect' syntax: � � ${!name}
>>>>> But that doesn't seem to play well with array syntax:
>>>>> ${#${!name}[*]} � �# �bash: ${#${!name}[*]}: bad substitution
>>>>>
>>>>> What syntax would I use for this?
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>>>> Please read BashFAQ/006: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/006
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>>> I looked at the page....read every section that was >basic & some
>>> basic...
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>>> nothing about using indirect variables with arrays... (let alone
>>> assigning
>>> to them)..
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>> lies
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> ----
> Is this an anime? 'Lies! All lies!..' Such lines are
> usually said by the bad buy and are made clearly evident to others
> that such is said, not because it is true, but because the person
> is in denial of the truth or wishes to convince others that it is
> not true.
>
> But, usually (depends on how dark the anime is (or, how much, it
> is like real life ;~/ ) ) the truth comes out.
>
> But in any event, should I be gullible and ask for proof, or should I
> simply take it as humor? If the former, please show quote the section
> that shows using an variable that holds the name of an array to be used
> (and assigned to).... else, ... I love the French...though I admit to
> an often low grasp of French colloquialisms and generally (in English)
> less than 100% detection of subtle humor -- that percentage falls as
> language and cultural differences rise.
>
> But (I'm so damn unfun/lame sometimes), if you don't respond, I'll
> assume you believed it not worth it as was supposed to be humorous, and
> having to explain such, crimps the humorist's style... (I do have a sense
> of humor -- just not always the same as some other's..).
> Linda
>
The proof is in the faq, you could have found it if you were not busy
trolling the list.
