severity 570757 minor
quit
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 07:12:19PM +0200, Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
> FreeBSD's ash derivative has a similar restriction (newlines inside ${}
> must be quoted via single-quotes, double-quotes or here document). I
> think this is a feature as it allows detecting syntax errors where you
> still have a chance to see the problem easily rather than 100 lines
> later, and I have not received any other complaints about this.
>
> The System V shell (e.g. /bin/sh on Solaris <= 10) behaves similarly.
Thanks for this information, Jillis.
Regards, Gerrit.
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