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Bug or no Bug ? This is not a good process

Asked by kaphar

This is a real surprise:

$4="sudo -i" ; export $4

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Best Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#1

This is two commands strung together. The first one

$4="sudo -i"

does nothing, as $4 expands to empty space. For the same reason, the command

export $4

expands to just

export

which is what produces all the output you're seeing (i.e., a list of all the current exports).

I'm not sure what you're actually trying to do...but that's an explanation of the behavior you're seeing.

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kaphar (captain-harry) said : 		#2

Thanks Eliah Kagan, that solved my question.