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


From: Stephane CHAZELAS
Subject: Re: [bash-bug] parsing error with heredoc and command substitution
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:49:38 -0000
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2010-07-15, 10:21(+02), Dr. Werner Fink:
[...]
>> a=$(/bin/cat << EOF | wc -l
>> a
>> b
>> EOF
>> )
[...]
> Hmmm ... I would expect that
>
> a=$((/bin/cat|wc -l) <<EOF
> a
> b
> EOF
> )
>
> is more correct.
[...]

Both are correct, but different (though the same functionaly in
this case).

It's definitely a bug, and quite a weird one.

-- 
Stephane
>


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