code that uses case statements in a subshell and then uses comments causes bash to trigger a parsing error: $ cat test.sh echo $(case a in (a) echo ok ;; # comment ) $ sh ./test.sh ./test.sh: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)' ./test.sh: line 3: syntax error: unexpected end of file
bash-3.2 consumes this just fine ... -mike
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