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Re: $(...) and <<

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From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas@xxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: $(...) and <<
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 22:25:10 +0100
In-reply-to: <20140731092711.GA28401@chaz.gmail.com>
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2014-07-31 10:27:11 +0100, Stephane Chazelas:
> $ zsh -c 'echo $(cat << EOF
> blah)
> EOF
> ); echo test'
> zsh:4: parse error near `)'
> 
> Most shells (ash being a notable exception) used to suffer from that bug.
> 
> zsh seems to be the only one nowadays (tested ksh93/bash/dash/yash/mksh).
[...]

BTW,

zsh -c '
  echo $(
    case a in
      *) echo test
    esac)'

is also a problem.

-- 
Stephane

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