Re: backslash difference between ` and $(

[Lawrence Velázquez]

Something always comes to mind right after sending...

On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, at 11:48 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:
> The comparison to eval "...\..." becomes even more apt when `...\...`
> occurs within double quotes.  The good news is that the double quotes
> don't add Yet Another Interpretation Pass; the bad news is that the
> existing pass now recognizes all the escape sequences for double
> quotes, including '\"', '\<LF>', and '\!' when history expansion is
> enabled.

This unfortunately implies another situation in which a simple
assignment is affected by whether its RHS is quoted or not.

        $ foo=`echo -E '\"'`
        $ bar="`echo -E '\"'`"
        $ printf '%s\n' "$foo" "$bar"
        \"
        "

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vq