you have to specify something for <here>) even when its just a * wildcard
On Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 21:34 Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >
