02-03-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by
ghostdog74
Whatever it is, the OP did not say he wants or not to do POSIX mode. The title also specifically said "Bash".
Using "let" the way he uses it is not "wrong" either, since its supported in Bash, (although I do agree it's not necessary.)
The way he used it is wrong. He was using it to assign a string.
In any case, I do not recommend bad practices to people just learning the shell. One may be using bash now, but in the future may have to use a shell that doesn't support let in any context. If it added something to the script, there would be some justification for it, but it doesn't.
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