Forums Bug Reports bug with $& and |

alias test {
echo -a a $&
b | echo -a c }
}

the above code will echo one line that says

a b | echo -a c

instead of the expected

a b
c

returns:
a b
c

Windows 2000 Pro .. mIRC 6.16

(by the way, you had an extra } in what you pasted)

Confirmed here. XP home SP1 and mIRC v6.16

alias test {
echo -a a $& b | echo -a c
}


Confirmed the 'bug' here, yes you did have an extra bracket, minor typo i would guess, however CtrlAltDel, the reason the above gives you what it does is because $& is suppose to link commands that are on different lines, not the same one.

echo -a a $&
b | echo -a c


Eamonn.

the extra } was kind of a typo.. the original code had it in an if, and in attempting to find the simplest script that would duplicate the error, i forgot to remove that extra }. does the same thing either way.