From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane@chazelas.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: dash@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Closing parenthesis doesn't raise error in backticked command substitution
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:35:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acrdeiP1S6QkTz7S@chazelas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871ph1h8p1.3.fsf@jidanni.org>
2026-03-30 19:12:58 +0800, Dan Jacobson:
> Please see https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/805208
>
> $ ls -og /bin/sh
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 4 2025-02-04 /bin/sh -> dash
> $ m=`seq 1 2 3)`
>
> Since when is it "OK" to have a trailing ) after the 3?
>
> $ n=$(seq 4 5 6))
> sh: 2: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
>
> That's better. (But what is 2? No, it's not line 2 since I started the shell.)
>
> Package: dash
> Version: 0.5.12-12
For the record, that same "bug" in NetBSD sh on which dash I
beleive is initially based on was fixed in
https://github.com/NetBSD/src/commit/fbbbd4fe8c79ac320acd6cc1e6405efa509710b6
in 2008.
https://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=11317
--
Stephane
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2026-03-30 11:12 Closing parenthesis doesn't raise error in backticked command substitution Dan Jacobson
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