On 1/23/17 9:04 AM, admn ombres wrote:
> $ x=(x); echo ${#x[@]}; shopt -s nullglob; unset x[0]; echo ${#x[@]}
> 1
> 1
> $ x=(x); echo ${#x[@]}; shopt -u nullglob; unset x[0]; echo ${#x[@]}
> 1
> 0

`unset' is a builtin; its arguments are subject to all the shell word
expansions, including globbing.  If you don't want to take a chance on
the effects of globbing modifying the word, quote it.

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