I almost always use them. Only left them out for very simple scripts. It's not really necessary all the time, but better safe than sorry...
On Jan 9, 2017 22:00, "Bob Jonkman via talk" <[email protected]> wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > The braces are not necessary here. Are braced incorrect here? I've been putting braces around all variable names, so that there are fewer syntax exceptions for me to remember... - --Bob. On 2017-01-09 05:47 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jan 2017, Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > >> Or nFname="${base}.mp4" >> >> Using brackets you can mix variables and text and create >> something like this: >> newName="${oldname}-bkp-${filedate}.${extension}.old" > > The braces are not necessary here. This will work fine: > > newName="$oldname-bkp-$filedate.$extension.old" > > Braces would be necessary if you were using underscores instead of > hyphens because they can be part of a variable name: > > newName="${oldname}_bkp_$filedate.$extension.old" > - -- - -- Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlh0I9wACgkQuRKJsNLM5erWdQCgohmGdSVT2s1DHEWs+3+I3BCn nR4AoM8TVyt53lC3KhHC6uecvy09Zq9z =Af5d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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