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#!/bin/bash |
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# |
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# From: |
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# https://lobste.rs/s/xhtim1/problems_with_shells_test_builtin_what |
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# http://alangrow.com/blog/shell-quirk-assign-from-heredoc |
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### Blog Post Example |
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paths=`tr '\n' ':' | sed -e 's/:$//'`<<EOPATHS |
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/foo |
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/bar |
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/baz |
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EOPATHS |
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echo "$paths" |
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# stdout: /foo:/bar:/baz |
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### Blog Post Example Fix |
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paths=`tr '\n' ':' | sed -e 's/:$//'<<EOPATHS |
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/foo |
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/bar |
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/baz |
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EOPATHS` |
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echo "$paths" |
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# stdout-json: "/foo\n/bar\n/baz\n" |
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### Rewrite of Blog Post Example |
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paths=$(tr '\n' ':' | sed -e 's/:$//' <<EOPATHS |
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/foo |
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/bar |
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/baz |
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EOPATHS |
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) |
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echo "$paths" |
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# stdout-json: "/foo\n/bar\n/baz\n" |