On Feb 15, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Kenneth R Westerback wrote:
`<technobabble>` is sh, $(<technobabble>) is ksh. I believe both work on our sh. As long as one is not doing any quoting inside I
Minor nit: `<technobable>` is vintage sh. POSIX sh states: Command Substitution Command substitution allows the output of a command to be substituted in place of the command name itself. Command substitution shall occur when the command is enclosed as follows: $(command) or (backquoted version): `command` so $(<technobabble>) is also sh. // marc