Re: bash 4 parse error on here-document in $()

[Martin Sebor]

Thank you for setting me straight! I had checked the POSIX spec
before sending the report but missed the part about the delimiter
having to be immediately followed by newline.

Martin

On 09/24/2009 06:39 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> >
> > Bash Version: 4.0
> > Patch Level: 23
> > Release Status: release
> >
> > Description:
> >         Bash 4.0 errors on a here-document enclosed in $(). For example:
> >         x=$(cat<<EOF
> >         foo
> >         bar
> >         EOF)
> >         Ctrl+D
> >         -bash: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `)'
> >         -bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>
> The shell is allowed to do this.  A here-document is supposed to be
> terminated by a line containing the delimiter followed by a newline,
> not EOF.
>
> However, the behavior is useful enough that I changed the parser to
> support it in bash-4.1.
>
> Chet