Am 6. November 2017 19:04:41 MEZ schrieb sebb <[email protected]>:
>The $() syntax is newer than the command files.
>i.e. it was not available when they were written.

That's probably true. To be more specific: I would like to know, whether it is 
safe to change it. 

Do you know of any system, that has a default shell, that is not able to 
process $(..)? 

Regards, 
Felix 

>
>On 4 November 2017 at 22:58, Philippe Mouawad
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> No idea why it’s like this
>>
>> On Saturday, November 4, 2017, Felix Schumacher <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> we have both forms of execution commands in our shell scripts.
>>>
>>> $(...) is the more modern form and should be preferred over `...` as
>>> explained on https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC2006
>>>
>>> Does anyone know, if there is a reason for using the old form `...`
>in
>>> our scripts?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>  Felix
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cordialement.
>> Philippe Mouawad.

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