On 2/23/17 5:58 AM, e...@tofex.de wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I./include -I. -I./include -I./lib
> -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin'
> -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin'
> -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash/bashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash/bash_logout'
> -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC -DUSE_MKTEMP -DUSE_MKSTEMP
> -march=corei7 -O2 -pipe
> uname output: Linux lokalhorst.net.tofex.de 4.4.0-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Mon Jan 25
> 18:18:38 CET 2016 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770S CPU @ 3.10GHz
> GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 48
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> When evaluating complex commands containing "$()" expressions, and later
> accessing arguments with !$, !* or !:<num>, results are not as expected,
> as the "$()" expression is broken into non-executable parts (see below).
>
> At least the manpage should clearly state such behaviour - I didn't find
> that within 10 minute search.
>
> Repeat-By:
> $ mkdir -p /tmp/Step1
> $ ls /$(echo tmp)/Step1
> ...
> $ echo !:*
> echo /$ ( echo tmp ) /Step1
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
The history library knows very little shell syntax.
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``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
