On 10/13/20 11:43 PM, Martin Schulte wrote:
> Consider the following script:
>
>>>>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> echo "${x;:-}" ; echo "Not executed"
> echo "Executed"
>
> echo "${x:-}" ;; echo "Not executed"
> echo "Not executed"
> <<<
>
> It just a source of problems that the two syntactical errors (both caused by
> an extra semicolon) lead to different behaviour.
They are not both syntax errors. The first is a word expanion error. The
second is a syntax error because `;;' is an operator and it's not valid in
that context.
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