BlackEnvil <blacken...@gmail.com> wrote: > [blacken...@space_star ~]$ cd $HOME; mkdir hello\ -world/; touch test; echo > "ls hello\ -world/" > test; $(grep ls test); > ls: invalid line width: orld/
Since $() is unquoted, it's simply split according to $IFS (at whitespace). If you want full shell-language parsing instead, quote it and use eval: $ eval "$(grep ls test)" paul
