>bash --version >GNU bash, version 4.1.7(1)-release (i586-pc-interix3.5)
#! /usr/local/bin/bash one=`cat data` echo one=$one two=$(cat data) echo two=$two >one=abc >./xs: command substitution: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `)' >./xs: command substitution: line 7: `cat data)' >two= Backquote command substitution works, but $(...) does not. Running it with /bin/sh (the default system ksh) works fine. >$ sh xs >one=abc >two=abc I built it like this: > >CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686" \ >./configure \ > --mandir=/usr/local/man \ > --enable-process-substitution Is this a bug or am I doing something stupid? -- Web mail, POP3, and SMTP http://www.beewyz.com/freeaccounts.php
