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