On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson <ch...@cfajohnson.com> wrote: > > I all versions I have tried, unsetting an array element using a > negative index fails: > > $ array=( q w e r t y ) > $ unset 'array[-1]' > bash: [-1]: bad array subscript > > > -- > Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/> > Author: > Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) > Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) > >
Assignments to negative indices don't work either. (Bash 4.2) -- Visit serverfault.com to get your system administration questions answered.
