you didnt end the case, wrong syntax echo $( case x in y) printf 1 ;; x) printf 2 ;; esac )
On Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 21:21 Oğuz <oguzismailuy...@gmail.com> wrote: > $ bash -c ': $(case x in x) esac)' > bash: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)' > bash: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file > > `case x in x) esac' is a complete case command, a syntax error is > unexpected here. > > > -- > Oğuz >
