Hello Jason, * Jason Roscoe wrote on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:00:46PM CEST: > > AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([version.h], [echo version is "`awk '/MAJOR/ > {major="$3"} END {printf "%d\n", major}' module.h`" > version.h]) <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Shell-Substitutions.html> explains why you should rather assign the awk script output to an intermediate variable (including M4 quoting): version=`awk '/MAJOR/ {major="$[3]"} END {printf "%d\n", major}' module.h` AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([version.h], [echo "version is $version" > version.h]) Also, please do not post the same question independently to several lists, thanks. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf