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On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>wrote: |
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> On Thursday 08 October 2009 20:33:01 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:26 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > > And it's usually quicker to type with backticks instead of $(): |
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> > But nowhere near as clear. |
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> And it's quicker to type "$(" - muscle memory - than to do the whole hunt- |
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> peek-peck thing to find the ` key - I can't touch type it, have to *look* |
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> it |
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> :-) |
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> > > Note: not single-quotes ('), but backticks (`). It's usually the key |
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> > > above TAB and to the left of 1. |
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> > I rest my case :) |
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> > Note you can also nest commands when using $(), which you can't do with |
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> > backticks. |
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> That's neat. But, |
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> please provide an example where an actual sane human would actually use it. |
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> Coz I can't think of one... |
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I've used it before - I can't remember what is was for, but I do remember |
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using nested $() commands... |
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Isn't ` being deprecated (by BASH at least) anyway? |
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-James |
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> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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