Re: Incorrect alias expansion within command substitution

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/3/22 4:14 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> alias 0='echo ' 1='$(( ' 2=')) ' data=2+3' '
>
> thats why this doesnt work, or what
>
> 0 1 data 2

Come on.

This expands to four words:

echo
$((
2+3
))

that is not the arithmetic expansion you thought you were looking for.

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