In article <··········@caslon.CS.Arizona.EDU>,
Nevin Liber <·····@CS.Arizona.EDU> wrote:
:
:Actually, it is better if the "open quote" character is different than
:the "close quote" character (as David Korn did in ksh when he replaced
:the backquote `command` notation with the $(command) notation). It
:makes nesting much easier, without having to keep quoting (escaping) all
:the quoting symbols.
Don't you still have to quote a )?
$ a=$(echo This is a ) )
ksh: syntax error: `)' unexpected
$
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