Bernd Eggink wrote:
GNU bash, Version 4.0.17(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
The shell doesn't recognize the closing parenthesis of a command
substitution if a 'case' command is included and 'esac' is preceded by
newline. Example:
x=$(case $a in
(1) echo one
esac
)
Try the attached patch. A newline really is a shell meta-character.
Chet
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRUc...@case.eduhttp://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
*** ../bash-4.0-patched/parse.y 2009-03-08 21:24:47.0 -0400
--- parse.y 2009-04-15 22:27:56.0 -0400
***
*** 3355,3359
/* Meta-characters that can introduce a reserved word. Not perfect
yet. */
! if MBTEST((tflags LEX_RESWDOK) == 0 (tflags LEX_CKCASE)
(tflags LEX_INCOMMENT) == 0 shellmeta(ch))
{
/* Add this character. */
--- 3375,3379
/* Meta-characters that can introduce a reserved word. Not perfect
yet. */
! if MBTEST((tflags LEX_RESWDOK) == 0 (tflags LEX_CKCASE)
(tflags LEX_INCOMMENT) == 0 (shellmeta(ch) || ch == '\n'))
{
/* Add this character. */
