On 6 November 2017 at 18:20, Felix Schumacher <felix.schumac...@internetallee.de> wrote: > > > Am 6. November 2017 19:04:41 MEZ schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: >>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 $(..)?
If there is any doubt, just leave it alone. It's not broken, so don't try to fix it ... > Regards, > Felix > >> >>On 4 November 2017 at 22:58, Philippe Mouawad >><philippe.moua...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> No idea why it’s like this >>> >>> On Saturday, November 4, 2017, Felix Schumacher < >>> felix.schumac...@internetallee.de> 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.
