Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -D_GNU_SOURCE
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -Wall
-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i586 -mtune=generic
-fasynchronous-unwind-tables
uname output: Linux mslaptop 2.6.30.5-43.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Thu Aug 27
21:18:54 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.0
Patch Level: 23
Release Status: release
Description:
Bash 4.0 errors on a here-document enclosed in $(). For example:
x=$(cat <<EOF
foo
bar
EOF)
Ctrl+D
-bash: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
-bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Repeat-By:
Save the following script in a file named t.sh, execute the file
and observe the parse error:
./t.sh: line 7: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
./t.sh: line 13: syntax error: unexpected end of file
#!/bin/bash
x=`cat <<EOF
foo
bar
EOF`
y=$(cat <<EOF
foo
bar
EOF)
[ "$x" != "$y" ] && exit 1
