What Unicode symbols are acceptable in BASH variable names? [duplicate]

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Question

What Unicode symbols are acceptable in BASH variable names? Does the same list of symbols apply to CSH and TCSH?

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Solution

I would say none.

á=3
á=3: command not found

If you like unicode symbol names, use Perl:

perl -e 'use utf8; $á = 42; print $á'
42
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