Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>
> $ printf -v q[2] "%s" "$RANDOM"
> bash: printf: `q[2]': not a valid identifier
>
>
> I know I can work around it with a temporary variable, but it
> would be nice if it could be done in a single step.
That could be a useful extension. It will probably find
2009-07-17, 22:02(-04), Chris F.A. Johnson:
>
> $ printf -v q[2] "%s" "$RANDOM"
> bash: printf: `q[2]': not a valid identifier
>
>
> I know I can work around it with a temporary variable, but it
> would be nice if it could be done in a single step.
[...]
Just do a "touch q2" before and t
