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
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