So should Bash report a syntax error? 2018-02-08 15:24 GMT+01:00 Clark Wang <dearv...@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Jaan Vajakas <jaan.vaja...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I noticed a weird behavior. Is it a bug? >> >> Namely, why does >> >> echo "$(for f in a b c; do if [[ \"$f\" > b ]]; then echo "$f > b"; else >> echo "$f <= b"; fi; done)" >> > > Should be: > > echo "$(for f in a b c; do if [[ $f > b ]]; then echo "$f > b"; else > echo "$f <= b"; fi; done)" > > >> output >> >> a <= b >> b > b >> c > b >> >> ? >> >> I would have expected the same output as one of >> echo "$(for f in a b c; do if [[ "$f" > b ]]; then echo "$f > b"; else >> echo >> "$f <= b"; fi; done)" >> echo "$(for f in a b c; do if [[ '"$f"' > b ]]; then echo "$f > b"; else >> echo "$f <= b"; fi; done)" >> >> This happens e.g. on GNU Bash v4.4 (e.g. >> https://www.tutorialspoint.com/execute_bash_online.php ). >> >> >> Best regards, >> Jaan >> > >
