Re: [bash-bug] parsing error with heredoc and command substitution

[Bernd Eggink]

Am 15.07.2010 10:35, schrieb Andreas Schwab:
> "Dr. Werner Fink"<werner@suse.de>  writes:
>
> > a=$((/bin/cat|wc -l)<<EOF
> > a
> > b
> > EOF
> > )
>
> Useless subshell.
>
> a=$({ /bin/cat | wc -l; }<<EOF
> a
> b
> EOF
> )

...and useless cat:

a=$(wc -l <<EOF
a
b
EOF
)

Nevertheless, IMHO the OP's version should work. It works in ksh, for 
example.

Bernd

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