Re: bash 4 parse error on here-document in $()
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 The shell is allowed to do this. A here-document is supposed to be terminated by a line containing the delimiter followed by a newline, not EOF. However, the behavior is useful enough that I changed the parser to support it in bash-4.1. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRUc...@case.eduhttp://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
Re: bash 4 parse error on here-document in $()
Thank you for setting me straight! I had checked the POSIX spec before sending the report but missed the part about the delimiter having to be immediately followed by newline. Martin On 09/24/2009 06:39 AM, Chet Ramey wrote: 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 $(). For example: x=$(catEOF foo bar EOF) Ctrl+D -bash: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)' -bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file The shell is allowed to do this. A here-document is supposed to be terminated by a line containing the delimiter followed by a newline, not EOF. However, the behavior is useful enough that I changed the parser to support it in bash-4.1. Chet
