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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* for |
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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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