Are quotes needed for local variable assignment?

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                          Can I safely omit quotes on the right side of a local assignment?

    function foo {
        local myvar=${bar}
        stuff()
    }

I'm mainly interested in bash, but any info on corner cases in other shells are welcome.
                        

Asked by rahmu (20511 rep)

Oct 25, 2013, 01:17 PM
Last activity: Dec 16, 2020, 06:54 AM

Are quotes needed for local variable assignment?

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