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Re: error with ' in command substitution
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Eric Blake |
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Re: error with ' in command substitution |
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Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:58:10 -0600 |
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According to Scott Moser on 10/30/2007 7:12 AM:
> #===== test.sh =====
> x=$(cat <<"EOF"
> bad' syntax
> EOF
> )
>
> So, I'm not 100% certain what the "correct" behavior is, but it
> certainly seems like this should work.
POSIX requires this to work when inside $(), but leaves it unspecified
when inside ``. Yes, all released versions of bash are buggy when it
comes to 100% compliance to the POSIX rules for $() parsing (and more
annoyingly, with different bugs as you move from 3.1 to 3.2).
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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