On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 10:23:24AM -0600, 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\\\`\``
Yep, that works, and the man page for BASH says that's the way to do it. But it's uglier than a bill from a law office. So I will amend my statement as follows: * One can nest both $() and back ticks, but, as the latter requires escaping which can get ugly, the former is likely more readable. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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