Oğuz (oguzismailuy...@gmail.com) wrote: > `(( assoc[\$var]++ ))' works fine as usual.
unicorn:~$ bash-5.1 unicorn:~$ declare -A hash unicorn:~$ key=\'\] unicorn:~$ hash[$key]=17 unicorn:~$ (( hash[\$key]++ )) unicorn:~$ declare -p hash declare -A hash=(["']"]="18" ) unicorn:~$ (( 'hash[$key]'++ )) bash-5.1: ((: 'hash[']]'++ : syntax error: operand expected (error token is "'hash[']]'++ ") unicorn:~$ (( hash['$key']++ )) bash-5.1: ((: hash['']']++ : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is "']++ ") unicorn:~$ (( hash['$'key]++ )) unicorn:~$ declare -p hash declare -A hash=(["\$key"]="1" ["']"]="18" ) I understand absolutely none of this. Quoting the $ works, but only if you quote it with a backslash, not with single quotes? And quoting any other characters besides the $ fails? Sorry, I'm still going with "this stuff's broken -- don't use it".
