11 May
2020
11 May
'20
2:59 p.m.
- pos=$(printf "%s" "${2%^*}" | wc -c) # error position
- command=$(printf "%s" "$2" | tr -d ^)
You may want to put all the $(...) inside "" to avoid field splitting (not relevant to a shell assignment with modern shells) and filename globbing.
echo "Test command: $command" echo > error_log
- (! echo "$command" >> "$3" ) 2> /dev/null
- (! printf "%s" "$command" >> "$3" ) 2> /dev/null
WTF is the (! for ?? The (...) is a subshell. And ! inverts the exit status. Neither is needed at all.
David
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