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authorEtan Reisner <deryni@unreliablesource.net>2015-04-26 13:32:41 -0400
committerEtan Reisner <deryni@unreliablesource.net>2015-04-26 13:32:41 -0400
commite2ca2c9550474ca3dad0f7ef8735e614da081258 (patch)
treecde57a184fa15485b682a51a297a7e7a009b6b01
parent9d3462953604d0d331191bb1fca82295e1ece6ed (diff)
Add another very common shell variable assignment mistake.
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@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ VARIABLE="Some string"
# But not like this:
VARIABLE = "Some string"
# Bash will decide that VARIABLE is a command it must execute and give an error
-# because it couldn't be found.
+# because it can't be found.
+
+# Or like this:
+Variable= 'Some string'
+# Bash will decide that 'Some string' is a command it must execute and give an
+# error because it can't be found. (In this case the 'Variable=' part is seen
+# as a variable assignment valid only for the scope of the 'Some string'
+# command.)
# Using the variable:
echo $VARIABLE