Re: BASH Command substitution

2009-12-17 Thread Chet Ramey
On 12/17/09 6:02 AM, Zoltan Mate wrote: > Dear Chet Ramey, > > I have a conversation on an other bug forum, then have been directed > to here, I cannot find any documentation, why You have to read the section on word splitting. The output of command substitution is subject to word splitting, unl

Re: BASH Command substitution

2009-12-17 Thread Gerard
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:02:35 +0100 Zoltan Mate articulated: > this bugzilla isnt a forum for teaching people how to script bash. > if you want further help, please ask on the bash mailing list, or the > gentoo forums, or some other suitable location. Where exactly is the "bash mailing list"? --

Re: BASH Command substitution

2009-12-17 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Zoltan Mate wrote: > Dear Chet Ramey, > > I have a conversation on an other bug forum, then have been directed > to here, I cannot find any documentation, why > > $ echo $(echo "'alfa beta'") > gives 'alfa beta' whith reduced space, instead of the result of the > following