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

[Lawrence Velázquez]

> On Feb 13, 2021, at 5:21 PM, Robert Elz <kre@munnari.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> This problem has been known for a LONG time, without it being fixed.

I played around with shbot on Freenode for a bit. "LONG time" is right:

<larryv> bash50 -c ': $(case x in x) esac)'
<shbot>  bash50: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
<shbot>  bash50: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

<larryv> bash44 -c ': $(case x in x) esac)'
<shbot>  bash44: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
<shbot>  bash44: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

<larryv> bash32 -c ': $(case x in x) esac)'
<shbot>  bash32: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
<shbot>  bash32: -c: line 0: `: $(case x in x) esac)'

<larryv> bash2 -c ': $(case x in x) esac)'
<shbot>  bash2: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
<shbot>  bash2: -c: line 1: `: $(case x in x) esac)'

<larryv> bash1 -c ': $(case x in x) esac)'
<shbot>  Segmentation fault

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