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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 01:59:21 -0400
From: Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Python-updater line 415 error
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On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:42:38 -0500
Lance Lassetter <lancelassetter@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> ran python-updater yesterday and worked fine.  upgraded from 2.5 to 2.6.
> i had to run it twice though to catch everything.
> 

Could you open a terminal (xterm or rxvt) and execute the following
command:

cd /etc && FOO="$(cat < <(ls -a /etc | grep mtab))" && echo $FOO

Does this produce an error?

What about this command:

cd /etc && FOO="$(cat < $(ls -a /etc | grep mtab))" && echo $FOO

Frank Peters