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Re: case statement breaks $( ) substitution


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: case statement breaks $( ) substitution
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:58:51 +0200
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hcz@hczim.de writes:

>         $ echo $(
>         >   case a in
>         >     1) :;;
>         bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;'

Use (1) instead.

Andreas.

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