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Re: bash script problem ?

From	no.top.post@gmail.com
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.debian
Subject	Re: bash script problem ?
Followup-To	alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.debian
Date	2016-03-16 16:53 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<ncc31c$gle$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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In article <>, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> wrote: 

> 
> rich@example.invalid [2016-03-10 15:22:57Z] wrote:
> 
> > Step 1, don't use the legacy sh backtick substitution syntax for this
> > (because it cannot nest).  Use Bash's $() substitution instead (because
> > it can nest).
> 
> I agree that $() is better but ``'s can nest:=20
> 
>     $ echo Year: `date \`echo +%Y\``
>     Year: 2016
> 
That's spooky ! Who <associated> +%Y with "2016" ?
Lets have some examples of nesting, without extra spooky-stuf.

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Re: bash script problem ? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2016-03-16 16:53 +0000
  Re: bash script problem ? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-16 17:08 +0000
    Re: bash script problem ? Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 11:00 +0000
      Re: bash script problem ? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-03-17 14:07 +0000
  Re: bash script problem ? "Helmut Hullen" <Helmut@Hullen.de> - 2016-03-16 18:14 +0100
  Re: bash script problem ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-03-16 17:43 +0000

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