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Re: dot in variable name
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: dot in variable name |
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Thu, 14 May 2020 13:02:30 -0400 |
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On 5/14/20 12:03 PM, Eric Peterson via wrote:
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> I remember reading about variable names containing dots (i.e. tax.amount).
> Some sort of namespace of variables.
Bash has never allowed dots in variable names. ksh93 introduced dots as a
kind of namespace delimiter.
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