Re: syntax error while parsing a case command within `$(...)'

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/13/21 3:21 PM, Oğuz wrote:
>    $ bash -c ': $(case x in x) esac)'
>    bash: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
>    bash: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>
> `case x in x) esac' is a complete case command, a syntax error is
> unexpected here.

It is unexpected, though the syntax is obscure. I'll fix it.

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