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@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ ${foo/pattern/string} # replace pattern with string when expanding foo
# '/' replace all occurences of pattern
# '#' pattern match at beginning
# '%' pattern match at end
+
+# set programmatically with priintf builtin
+printf -v "VAR1" "abc"
+NAME=VAR2
+printf -v "$NAME" "%s" "def"
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<p>Note: <code>prefix</code>/<code>suffix</code>/<code>pattern</code> are expanded as <a href="#pathname">pathnames</a>.</p>