I see that there have been some bash problems recently. I am reporting this in case it hasn't been handled in an upcoming release of bash:
$ bash -c 'echo `echo "\\""`' bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file $ bash --version GNU bash, version 3.1.17(9)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. $ The proper output is a " character. -- Joe Buehler -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/