BASH FAQ 082 "Why is $(...) preferred over `...` (backticks)" http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082
Stephen Irons On 14 October 2015 at 13:52, Derek Smithies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > On 14/10/15 13:49, Stephen Irons wrote: > > DISKTEMP=$(smartctl -A /dev/sdc | grep Temperature_Celsius | awk '{print > $10}') > > I prefer to use $(...) rather than backticks `...` to capture stdout > from a command pipeline into a shell variable. > > > Why $( ) instead of backticks ??? > > Derek. > > -- > Sent from my Ubuntu computer > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >
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