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Re: A bug in Bourne - horrors!!
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: A bug in Bourne - horrors!! |
Date: |
Sun, 08 May 2005 08:27:22 -0700 |
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Jim Easton <address@hidden> writes:
> LIST=`echo "$DATA" | sed '/\\$/s/^/AA/' # No substitution
Bash is operating correctly here, since backslashes are treated
specially inside `...`; see
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_06_03>.
I tend to agree with you that it's a misfeature, but it's been there
for decades and nobody is likely to want to change it now. Use $(...)
instead.