* Anselm R Garbe <garb...@gmail.com> [2011-07-24 09:40:12 +0100]: > On 24 July 2011 08:38, anonymous <p37si...@lavabit.com> wrote: > > > > There is a difference: > > > > % echo `echo '\\'` > > \ > > % echo $(echo '\\') > > \\ > > Yes, but bash'isms are a NO GO in suckless.org shell scripts :) >
$(cmd) is not bashism anymore (it was added to posix long ago) http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_06_03