On 09/11/2012 08:50 AM, Benoit Vaugon wrote: > Bash Version: 4.1 > Patch Level: 7
> Repeat-By: > echo $(for x in whatever; do case y in *) echo 42;; esac; done) The syntax error is still present in bash 4.2 patchlevel 37: $ echo $(for x in whatever; do case y in *) echo 42;; esac; done) bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;' $ bash --version | head -n1 GNU bash, version 4.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) and also present in very recent ksh and zsh: # ksh -c 'echo $(for x in whatever; do case y in *) echo 42;; esac; done) ' ksh: syntax error at line 1: `;;' unexpected but not in mksh or dash: # dash -c 'echo $(for x in whatever; do case y in *) echo 42;; esac; done) ' 42 Looks like you found a real bug, but a tough one to fix if even ksh gets it wrong. -- Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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