No not like that, something more like this: ()SOMEVAR@%=... You will get a parse...

		mzs on Sept 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Not a bash bug No not like that, something more like this: ()SOMEVAR@%=... You will get a parse error. There is little more than [a-zA-Z0-9_] you can use in identifiers (except bash adds a few more, grrrr). You can probably pull it of with /usr/bin/env though.