On 7/28/06, Ryan Simpkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, July 28, 2006 10:23, Byron Clark wrote:
> On 7/28/06, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> * One can nest $(), but not back ticks.
>
> I dislike back ticks as much as the next guy, but this (contrived)
> nested back tick command works in bash:
>
> echo `ls \`echo \\\`ls | grep elisp\\\`\``
>
So which one makes more sense:
echo `ls \`echo \\\`ls | grep elisp\\\`\``
Or
echo ${ls ${echo ${ls | grep elisp}}}
I think you meant to use () instead of {}, otherwise your second
example (and the rest of the message) doesn't make sense.
I think using $() instead of back ticks is always more clear. I was
just showing that you _can_ nest back ticks.
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