Re: A bug in Bourne - horrors!!

[Paul Eggert]

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.