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Re: bash script problem ?

From William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux.debian
Subject Re: bash script problem ?
Date 2016-03-16 17:08 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <ncc3v8$iug$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <ncc31c$gle$1@dont-email.me>

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On 2016-03-16, no.top.post@gmail.com <no.top.post@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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" ?

The command "date" did. This says to run the date command with the
argument being the output of the echo command. In this case the latter
as +%Y so this is running
date +%Y 
which is the year in which the date command was run. The ouput is then
the argument to the outter echo command. 


> Lets have some examples of nesting, without extra spooky-stuf.

extra spooky-stuf? 
man date

>
>

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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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