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Re: var=$( typeset "$1" ) ... not within a function.

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From: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: var=$( typeset "$1" ) ... not within a function.
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:25:40 +0200
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/28233>
In-reply-to: <ff3edbd0-977d-b750-439f-699dc5273870@eastlink.ca>
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:22 PM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> function ii ()
> {
>      var=$( printenv "$1" )
>      [ "$var" ] && var=$( typeset "$1" )
>      print "var is: $var    "
> }
> $ . test; ii USER
> var is:
>
> ... why won't 'typeset' work there?

Try typing `typeset USER` in your interactive shell. What do you get as output?

Take a look at typeset_silent option.

Roman.

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