Re: can I access output of locate?

[ZyX <kp-pav@xxxxxxxxx>]

13.03.2015, 20:19, "zzapper" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Edelwin Khaelos <edelwin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:55031519.9020906
> @mailoo.org:
> variables
>
> # then to answer my own question
> a=($(locate my.cnf))  # the outer () are important

Now locate something with a space. This variant works only as long as you are certain you have no characters from IFS in a file name.

Thus you should use a=( ${(0)"$(locate -0 my.cnf)"} ).

>
> echo ${a[1]}
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