I hadn't known about the $(...) function either until yesterday. So I've
learned MANY interesting tricks just by asking that simple question (many
thanks to everyone). I have hated the back-tik thing as well as it's really
inelegant however it was all I knew.
-J
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On Sep 6, 2007, at 2:56 PM, Eric Chevalier wrote:
> On 9/6/2007 4:31 PM, Edmund R. MacKenty wrote:
>> Note that I'm using $(...) instead of backticks. Backticks are evil!
> The InList() function is slick; I like it!
>
> But I'm curious: why are backticks evil? (I didn't know about the
> "$(command)" trick; I've been using backticks for a long time. I learn
> something new every day!)
Backticks don't nest (without extensive and tricky escaping). $() does.
Adam
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