On Friday, February 17, 2012 02:51:27 PM Mike Frysinger wrote:
> can't tell if this is a bug or a feature.
>
> FOO= BAR=bar
>
> : ${FOO:=${BAR}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
>
> echo $FOO
>
> i'd expect an error, or FOO to contain those excess braces. instead, FOO is
> just "bar".
> -mike
My favorite is probably the parser ignoring any valid redirection syntax with
the special command substitutions.
~ $ { echo "$({xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}</dev/stdin)"; } <<<'hi'
hi
~ $ { echo "$(1111111111111111111111</dev/stdin)"; } <<<'hi'
hi
That one really is ignored. No variable named xxx... is actually set.
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Dan Douglas
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