Subject: bin/15997: grouping example in sh manual broken?
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/21/2002 13:16:11
>Number:         15997
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       h manual has grouping example that doesn't work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 21 13:17:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     
>Release:        NetBSD 1.5.3_ALPHA
>Organization:
http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD rainier.reedmedia.net 1.5.3_ALPHA NetBSD 1.5.3_ALPHA (JCR-1.5-20020213) #9: Wed Mar 6 23:53:13 PST 2002 reed@rainier.reedmedia.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/JCR-1.5-20020213 i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The grouping example
 
 { echo -n " hello " ; echo " world" } > greeting

doesn't seem to work from prompt or in sh script.
   
The shell doesn't see the closing brace.
   
Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "}")
   
This issue is with 1.4.2 and 1.5.3_ALPHA.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
I assume shell is broken and man page is correct.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: