Re: error with ' in command substitution

[Matthew Woehlke]

Scott Moser wrote:
> Description:
> #===== test.sh =====
> x=$(cat <<"EOF"
> bad' syntax
> EOF
> )
> #=== end test.sh ===
> [snip]
>
> So, I'm not 100% certain what the "correct" behavior is, but it
> certainly seems like this should work.

Given that:

cat << EOF
bad' syntax
EOF

...is correct syntax, IMO the same in command substitution should also 
be legal. In fact, this strikes me as a definite bug, because there does 
not seem to be a way to produce an unmatched single quote in a heredoc 
inside $() command substitution (nor using `` depending on your bash 
version, I guess).

FWIW, kate recognizes this as legitimate syntax (i.e. correctly "sees" 
the heredoc inside the substitution).

--
Matthew
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