Re: [PATCH] Avoid using non-portable `echo -n` in tests.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:50:31PM +0100, Francis Galiegue wrote:
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> Le Friday 31 October 2008 19:39:33 Jeff King, vous avez écrit :
> [...]
> >
> > Agreed, and actually I found such a bashism (test ==) last week (though
> > of course it also broke on FreeBSD).
> >
>
> As for bash-isms, a hunt for $(...) also looks necessary...
>
> $ grep -rl '\$([^)]\+)' $(find -type f)|wc -l
> 272
>
> Unless I'm mistaken (and I probably am), the $(...) construct is
> bash-specific, isn't it?
Nope. Read section 2.6.3 Command Substitution here,
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html>