Hi All,
Stumbled upon an interesting peculiarity in the Bash shell, which I would
like an explanation about. The issue goes hence:
On the shell when i type:
1.
select fname in *; do echo you picked $fname \($REPLY\) break; done;
i get a result that is expected.
2. when i type:
{select fname in *; do echo you picked $fname \($REPLY\) break; done;}
I get an error -> bash: syntax error nearunexpectedtoken 'do'
3. when i type:
(select fname in *; do echo you picked $fname \($REPLY\) break; done;)
(NOTICE NO BLANKS IN 2 & 3)
I get no error -> same execution as in 1.
4. when i type:
{ select fname in *; do echo you picked $fname \($REPLY\) break; done; }
I get no error -> same excution as in 1.
5. when i type:
{ select fname in *; do echo you picked $fname \($REPLY\) break; done;}
I get '>' & the shell waits for me to enter something??
(NOTICE THE SPACES IN 4 & 5)
I think there should be a reson for this behaviour. Can any one __HELP__ me?
thanx in advance
cheers
Anuj Sharma
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