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Apr 7, 2021 at 13:28 history edited ilkkachu CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 23, 2011 at 13:30 comment added Peter.O .. Yes undestood. I was aware of nesting quotes within quotes... My misunderstanding was that I thought that the code within the brackets of the command substitution would be parsed seperately, to what surrounds those brackets; but apparently not.. thanks.
Aug 23, 2011 at 13:24 vote accept Peter.O
Aug 23, 2011 at 13:12 comment added Caleb Quoting is confusing enough in bash without it changing in nested strings. As it is, the replacements happen very early on in the process. Consider this example: var=word; echo "test '$var'"; echo 'test "$var"'
Aug 23, 2011 at 13:04 history edited Caleb CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 23, 2011 at 13:01 comment added Peter.O Thanks Caleb.. Another of my pre-conceptions dismissed... I thought that bash parsing was done from the innermost bracket or brace, and then worked outwards... It seems that bash parses differently to my assumption.
Aug 23, 2011 at 12:36 history answered Caleb CC BY-SA 3.0