From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from zero.zsh.org (zero.zsh.org [IPv6:2a02:898:31:0:48:4558:7a:7368]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88D024A0A for ; Sun, 5 May 2024 22:47:44 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20210803; h=List-Archive:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Id:Sender:Content-Type:Subject:To:From:Date: References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id:MIME-Version:Reply-To:Cc: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=HDIoTB6OYA6m+MHrNRci4cbCCvz5/OdnpfgrJD/5lJE=; b=K1x+zjXhAb9bIMs+6/c//KMSCp tYVUgd2YnAZfhpn858OPuW/GbbUj2Peo9OX3InqXisiRbLLE6CKQtAlTWYZMk+9zqtsHITu5FHmvM ZPPzEimk/ngh5ERBArMYSP7GBcYYEm2RYk6I8cDkU52javW74sgnO3dip4fNcXA8nAnX5V3zwhLQp 4Wwc33myk8q47tPQ110L1tf2Q/FpC3Rd91lVAUtDp3HkW8HaNVvP9fKZ7kH6cqp9v+cY+xpA6l3X3 kgmdHwOTOjmygT2VdU31Jv+EUBUdujSeX23Laz0OSdWRKS6ZhpKEQJ8LmJLyGoyl7I2RjA16M3sdL RwD+Kdag==; Received: by zero.zsh.org with local id 1s3ils-000B0H-1i; Sun, 05 May 2024 20:47:44 +0000 Received: by zero.zsh.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1s3ilF-000AIQ-VU; Sun, 05 May 2024 20:47:06 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailfauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACFB01200032 for ; Sun, 5 May 2024 16:47:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap48 ([10.202.2.98]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 05 May 2024 16:47:03 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvledrvddvgedgudehiecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvffutgesth dtredtreerjeenucfhrhhomhepnfgrfihrvghntggvucggvghljoiiqhhuvgiiuceolhgr rhhrhihvseiishhhrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpefgveeghfethfdugfeike efleffffelfefgheegiedttedtudeifeejgeejvedtjeenucffohhmrghinhepvhgvrhhs ihhonhdrshhhnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrh homheplhgrrhhrhihvodhmvghsmhhtphgruhhthhhpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdduudeh udekjeejtdegqdduudelvdejfeekhedqlhgrrhhrhihvpeepiihshhdrohhrghesfhgrsh htmhgrihhlrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iaa214773:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5FC8531A0065; Sun, 5 May 2024 16:47:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.11.0-alpha0-417-gddc99d37d-fm-hotfix-20240424.001-g2c179674 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <21d74774-78ab-4560-ac66-3c690731d260@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54b8d116-36f5-4ca4-9eb5-92f0bbb75f54@eastlink.ca> References: <9a82e3a2-0bf1-4563-b5ae-c40d9ef659c9@app.fastmail.com> <54b8d116-36f5-4ca4-9eb5-92f0bbb75f54@eastlink.ca> Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 16:45:40 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: nesting issue Content-Type: text/plain X-Seq: 29901 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On Sun, May 5, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Ray Andrews wrote: > That's good to know and grammatically satisfying. Almost 'necessary' > because the work of quotation in a command substitution is independent > of what comes next. Useful and sensible, but not "necessary" by any means. One of the reasons the legacy `...` form is discouraged is that in some shells it requires nested double quotes to be backslash-quoted. % ksh -c 'typeset -p .sh.version' .sh.version='Version AJM 93u+ 2012-08-01' % ksh -c 'echo "`echo "a b c"`"' ksh: : cannot execute [Is a directory] a b c % ksh -c 'echo "`echo \"a b c\"`"' a b c You can make sense of this if you squint, but there's a reason no one likes it. -- vq