Because it is very hard to nest them. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Chevalier Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:56 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: I am missing something basic with bash scripting.
On 9/6/2007 4:31 PM, Edmund R. MacKenty wrote: > Note that I'm using $(...) instead of backticks. Backticks are evil! The InList() function is slick; I like it! But I'm curious: why are backticks evil? (I didn't know about the "$(command)" trick; I've been using backticks for a long time. I learn something new every day!) Eric ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
