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Re: variable problem

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From: Bruce Stephens <B.Stephens@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: variable problem
Date: 25 Mar 1999 17:03:09 +0000
In-reply-to: Thomas Ziehmer's message of "Thu, 25 Mar 1999 18:08:42 +0100"
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Thomas Ziehmer <ziehmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I got into the following problem (only tested on zsh-3.1*)
> 
> thomas@digger [thomas]> a='echo x'
> thomas@digger [thomas]> echo $a
> echo x
> thomas@digger [thomas]> $a
> zsh: command not found: echo x
>  
> The correct output would be 'x'. I get the correct output in other shells
> (sh,ksh,bash).

No, you get the incorrect output in other shells.  This is the famous
SHWORDSPLIT issue mentioned in the FAQ (which says that all other
shells are broken).

If you use

        % a=(echo x)

instead, then things will work as you want.  Or setopt SHWORDSPLIT, or
use whatever magic it is to do SHWORDSPLIT on expansion (the $a line).

References:
- variable problem
  - From: Thomas Ziehmer

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