#!/bin/bash
unset my_variable default_value
default_value=("a b" 10)
my_variable=( "${my_variable[@]:-"${default_value[@]}"}" )
printf "%s\n" "${my_variable[@]}"
echo '================================'
printf "%s\n" "${default_value[@]}"
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