Re: read with -a sets wrong variable name

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       The read shell builtin command with -a option does not check
>       if specified variable name is valid or not.
> 
> Repeat-By:
>       $ echo XXXX | (read " foo bar"; set |grep XXXX)
>       -bash: read: ` foo bar': not a valid identifier
> 
>       $ echo XXXX | (read -a " foo bar"; set |grep XXXX)
>        foo bar=([0]="XXXX")

Thanks for the report.  This has been fixed for the next release.

Chet

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