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Re: why is eval needed?

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From: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: why is eval needed?
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 15:43:16 +0100
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On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 3:35 PM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  In a script:
>
> local level='-L 2'
> tree $level

With the default options this this the same as this:

    tree '-L 2'

Is it clear why it doesn't work?

Roman.

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