Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@gmail.com> writes: > I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the > output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic > example is the which command: > $ which firefox > /usr/bin/firefox > $
This may be a stupid question, but what's the difference between firefox and $(which firefox)? They both run the first executable named firefox in your path, don't they? Tyler -- What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. --Bertrand Russell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org