hi Ship's Log, Lt. Sibuyas Bombay, Stardate 051298.1340: > hi ! > > anyway, how does a ` differ from a ' anyway ? ... and what are they called > ? > AFAIK
apostroph ` (single) quotation mark ' the ' is used to enclose a string much like " except that interpretation by the shell is forbitten ( "$SHELL" is "/usr/bin/zsh" while '$SHELL' is '$SHELL') the ` is used to mark the next argument as taken from an other command: shutdown -h now `fortune` --> shutdown -h now 'All husbands are alike, but they have different faces so you can tell them apart.' Greetings -- Alexander N. Benner - 1st year grad. physicsstudent and creationist - | > The great unification theory reduces matter to two particles T & V < | | > That stands for the Hebrew words Tohu and Vohu - formless and void. < | GEN 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
