The backslash prevents the closing brace from terminating the substitution, therefore it should be removed. FreeBSD sh test expansion/plus-minus2.0 starts working, no other tests are affected. Example: printf "%s\n" ${$+\}} ${$+"\}"} "${$+\}}" should print } three times, without backslashes. --- src/parser.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c index be20ff7..25f22fd 100644 --- a/src/parser.c +++ b/src/parser.c @@ -916,6 +916,9 @@ readtoken1(int firstc, char const *syntax, char *eofmark, int striptabs) c != '$' && ( c != '"' || eofmark != NULL + ) && ( + c != '}' || + varnest == 0 ) ) { USTPUTC('\\', out); -- 1.7.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html