Timeline for Variable definition in bash using the local keyword
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| Jun 14 at 8:17 | comment | added | Oliver Williams | This little gem (plus the comment by @gcb) is actually the most direct answer to the OP's essential question: "Why is the syntax different than what I was expecting?" Answer: "The local keyword is defining multiple variables". If all the other answers to this post were gone, this would be sufficient. | |
| Nov 26, 2023 at 13:39 | comment | added | gcb | NOTE: for portability, avoid local with more than one term. Only bash have this feature. all other shells only take a single variable at a time. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 20:46 | vote | accept | Alexandre Santos | ||
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| May 8, 2015 at 20:04 | history | answered | jordanm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |