Ah!!! Actually, this does work,
$ simon=( $( ls -1 /usr ) )
$ echo ${#simon[@]}
8
$ echo ${simon[@]}
bin games include lib local sbin share src
This will still cause scripts in the wild to break. But at least there's
a workaround.
Simon
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Hello
This still affects Bionic final release version: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS,
bash 4.4.19(1).
Using bash's array capabilities in this way is extremely useful and
being unable to use it makes bash scripting much harder work. I'm
surprised such a serious issue remains unfixed some 4 months after
Public bug reported:
This issue is found in the Bionic Beaver (Ubuntu 18) beta.
How it should work (e.g. on Xenial)
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$ read -a simon <<< $( ls -1 /usr )
$ echo ${#simon[@]}
9
$ echo ${simon[@]}
bin games include lib local sbin share src var
How it works
I've tested (on a single host) and early indications are that the issue
is resolved. If I notice any bad stuff I will report back.
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Title:
I'm also affected for all the same reasons mentioned above. Would be
good if Canonical could resolve this ASAP.
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Title:
Latest patch breaks
Public bug reported:
Affects: 2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.2 (bionic) & 2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4 (xenial)
If I run 'top -b -n 1' the CPU percentages are the same every single
time. If I run with more iterations the CPU percentages of subsequent
iterations update in real time. If I run top interactively then the
