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Re: Parsing error when "case" in "for" in $()
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Parsing error when "case" in "for" in $() |
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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:56:48 -0400 |
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On 9/11/12 10:50 AM, Benoit Vaugon wrote:
> Description:
> Cannot use "case" construction in a "for" loop in a $() sub shell.
> Should work but produces parsing error.
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> Repeat-By:
> echo $(for x in whatever; do case y in *) echo 42;; esac; done)
Thanks for the report. This will be fixed in the next bash release.
Chet
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