Re: Strange variable asignement in bash script

[Emmanuel Halbwachs <Emmanuel.Halbwachs@lpn.cnrs.fr>]

Hello,

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What is that charset ??

Please do not hijack an existing thread with a new one that
has nothing to do with.

Juan Sierra Pons a écrit :
> problem I can't create a variable like this $TEST.$HOST in the left side of =

Well, seems like bash doesn't like dots in its variable name :

eh@bubulle:~$ a=1
eh@bubulle:~$ a.b=1
bash: a.b=1: command not found

Use underscores in place of dots ?

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