SC1087
Joachim Ansorg edited this page Nov 12, 2021
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Use braces when expanding arrays, e.g. ${array[idx]} (or ${var}[.. to quiet).
Problematic code:
echo "$array[@]"Correct code:
echo "${array[@]}"Rationale:
Some languages use the syntax $array[index] to access an index of an arrays, but a shell will interpret this as $array followed by the unrelated literal string (or glob) [index].
Curly braces are needed to tell the shell that the square brackets are part of the expansion.
Exceptions
If you want the square brackets to be treated literally or as a glob, use ${var}[idx] to prevent this warning.
This does not change how the script works, but clarifies your intent to ShellCheck as well as other programmers.