On 2016-08-18, Martin Natano <[email protected]> wrote: > ksh.1 states: > > Note: $(command) expressions are currently parsed by finding the > matching > parenthesis, regardless of quoting. This should be fixed soon. > > Seems like the "soon" mentioned here is already past. > > $ echo $(echo "closing: )") > closing: ) > $
I guess. There _are_ problems in this area, though. $ case x in x);; *);; esac $ echo $(case x in x);; *);; esac) ksh: syntax error: `;;' unexpected -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [email protected]
