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Alec Warner wrote: |
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> The correct way to mess with each is to save the old value (IFS) or |
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> restore the previous setting (shopts). |
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> local OLDIFS="$IFS" |
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> ...do stuff |
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> IFS="$OLDIFS" |
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> set -s extglob |
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> ...do stuff |
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> set -u extglob |
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> If you change a bunch of shell options or have no idea what you changed; |
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> you can also do fun magic like: |
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> local SHOPTS=$(shopt -p) |
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> ..do stuff |
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> eval "$SHOPTS" |
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> which should restore the previous options. |
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Note, the examples above could be improved by prefixing your variables |
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(you don't want global collisions, trust me) |
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So fex KDE_SHOPTS or KDE_OLD_IFS instead of just OLD_IFS. |
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> Thanks, |
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> -Alec Warner |
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