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add one description about why I use bash glob instead of find command
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The problem is as follows (Here I don't use find since it doesn't support double-asterisk wildcard **):

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz "${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz "${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least have the same number of "\n" and the same length (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

$ echo ${SUBFILES[@]} | od -c
$ echo ${FILES[@]} | od -c

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

The problem is as follows:

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz "${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz "${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least have the same number of "\n" and the same length (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

$ echo ${SUBFILES[@]} | od -c
$ echo ${FILES[@]} | od -c

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

The problem is as follows (Here I don't use find since it doesn't support double-asterisk wildcard **):

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz "${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz "${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least have the same number of "\n" and the same length (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

$ echo ${SUBFILES[@]} | od -c
$ echo ${FILES[@]} | od -c

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

add the test for sameness.
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An5Drama
An5Drama
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The problem is as follows:

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz "${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz "${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least both containhave the same number of "\n" and the same length (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

$ echo ${SUBFILES[@]} | od -c
$ echo ${FILES[@]} | od -c

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

The problem is as follows:

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz "${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz "${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least both contain "\n" (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

The problem is as follows:

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz "${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz "${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least have the same number of "\n" and the same length (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

$ echo ${SUBFILES[@]} | od -c
$ echo ${FILES[@]} | od -c

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

fix the command used in zsh to be compatible with bash
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An5Drama
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The problem is as follows:

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz $FILES"${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES=$FILESSUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz $SUBFILES"${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least both contain "\n" (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

The problem is as follows:

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz $FILES # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES=$FILES
$ grep baz $SUBFILES # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least both contain "\n" (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

The problem is as follows:

$ FILES=(foo/**/*.suffix bar/**/*.suffix2)
$ grep baz "${FILES[@]}" # works
# I use this to create one local var with local in one function
$ SUBFILES="${FILES[@]}"
$ grep baz "${SUBFILES[@]}" # doesn't work

I used od to check them but they are same at least both contain "\n" (I didn't check character by character. But at a glance they are same).

Why does the variable assignment not create one object still work for grep?

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