Re: feature suggestion: ability to expand a set of elements of an array or characters of a scalar, given their indices

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/26/24 2:18 PM, Zachary Santer wrote:

> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024, 12:49 PM Zachary Santer <zsanter@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > $ array=( zero one two three four five six )
> > > $ printf '%s\n' "${array[@]( 1 5 )}"
> > > one
> > > five
>
> This is different functionality.

Equivalent to printf '%s\n' "${array[1}" "${array[5]}". The innovation Zach
wants is to have a single word expansion to do this.

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