Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:04:26 -0700 From: "Mark McConnell" <markmcconnell@iinet.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Bash-4 and $(command) syntax Message-ID: <49B9409A.29090.10C8FB5@markmcconnell.iinet.com> In-Reply-To: <20090312102523.6f5ad248@scorpio> References: <20090312102523.6f5ad248@scorpio>
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On 12 Mar 2009 at 10:25, Jerry wrote: {Problem with Bash-4 and $(command) ...}: > > Is this a known problem with Bash-4? I have not been > able to find anything about it on the Bash site. > > Jerry > gesbbb@yahoo.com > I found the same problem, and have reverted to bash3.2 until it's sorted out. Like you, I wasn't able to find discussion of this on the lists I subscribe to - although I'm sure it's going on. Looking through the diffs in /usr/ports/distfiles/bash, the bracketed form of command substitution appears to be a long- standing problem in bash40-xxx. The back-tick `command` form works as it should, but not the Posix-style $(command) form, as of GNU bash, version 4.0.10(1)-release Mark -- -- Mark McConnell markmc@dataabstractsolutions.com Data Abstract Solutions - Support 12209 N.E. Fourth Plain Suite DD, Vancouver WA 98682
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