bash 4.2 / 4.3: Different behavior in C-style loop -
bash 4.2 show assumed correct behavior in c-style loop:
me@server:/some/dir# times=30; (( n=0; n<$(shuf -i ${times}-$(expr ${times} + 20) -n 1); n++ )); echo $n; done 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 me@server:/some/dir# bash --version gnu bash, version 4.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) (...) me@server:/some/dir# the same under bash 4.3 throws error:
me@server:/some/dir# times=30; (( n=0; n<$(shuf -i ${times}-$(expr ${times} + 20) -n 1); n++ )); echo $n; done -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' me@server:/some/dir# bash --version gnu bash, version 4.3.30(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) (...) yet part find random number between ${times} , ${times}+20 works:
me@server:/some/dir# shuf -i 20-50 -n 1 26 me@server:/some/dir# so inserting numeral directly instead of $()-subshell'ing it:
me@server:/some/dir# times=30; (( n=0; n<26; n++ )); echo $n; done 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 me@server:/some/dir# what's going on here? ideas why subshell not executed correctly under bash 4.3?
if replace $(expr $((, starts work:
times=30 (( n=0; n < $(shuf -i $times-$((times + 20)) -n 1); n++ )) ; echo $n done
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