On Sun, 2012-02-26 at 03:30 +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Jari Aalto <jari.aa...@cante.net>, 2012-02-08, 02:58: > >- [ "`head -n 1 \"$1\"`" = "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----" ] || \ > >+ [ "$(head -n 1 \"$1\")" = "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----" ] || \ > > Bzzt, wrong. > > $ foo=/etc/ld.so.conf; echo "`head -n 1 \"$foo\"`" > include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf > > $ foo=/etc/ld.so.conf; echo "$(head -n 1 \"$1\")" > head: cannot open `""' for reading: No such file or directory
fwiw, it breaks even if you remember to use the right variable in the second example... ;-) $ foo=/etc/ld.so.conf; echo "$(head -n 1 \"$foo\")" head: cannot open `"/etc/ld.so.conf"' for reading: No such file or directory Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org