Bash Quirkiness

James Wilkinson james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Tue Jul 27 00:25:27 UTC 2004


Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> $(foo) is the current notation and some day ` ` (backticks) will go away
> from bash (by it's developers).

OUCH!

I hope not. That will break more UNIX setups than any other changeover
I've ever heard of.

Yes, $() is more elegant, but the sheer weight of legacy `` means that
I'd back the backticks over the bash maintainers in any battle for their
continued survival...

James.

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