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