On 10/14/2015 01:52 PM, Derek Smithies wrote:
Hi
On 14/10/15 13:49, Stephen Irons wrote:
DISKTEMP=$(smartctl -A /dev/sdc | grep Temperature_Celsius | awk
'{print $10}')
I prefer to use $(...) rather than backticks `...` to capture stdout
from a command pipeline into a shell variable.
Why $( ) instead of backticks ???
Derek.
It runs in the same process, instead of starting a new one just for the
commend within the backticks.
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