--- bash-3.2/parse.y.ark~ 2006-09-19 22:37:21.000000000 +0200 +++ bash-3.2/parse.y 2006-10-17 16:53:20.000000000 +0200 @@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ /* itrace("parse_matched_pair: open = %c close = %c", open, close); */ count = 1; pass_next_character = backq_backslash = was_dollar = in_comment = 0; - check_comment = (flags & P_COMMAND) && qc != '\'' && qc != '"' && (flags & P_DQUOTE) == 0; + check_comment = (flags & P_COMMAND) && qc != '\'' && qc != '"' && qc != '`' && (flags & P_DQUOTE) == 0; /* RFLAGS is the set of flags we want to pass to recursive calls. */ rflags = (qc == '"') ? P_DQUOTE : (flags & P_DQUOTE);