Am Mo, den 26.07.2004 schrieb Robert P. J. Day um 17:08:
> > a=`host $evil`
> > c=`expr "$a" : '.*\(\..*\.net\)'`
> > evilisp=${c/\./abuse\@}
> > if [ $evilisp > "0" ] ; then
> > Note the use of both ' and ` in the line with the "expr." I find that
> > they are not interchangeable. Assigning a variable to an 'expr' will not
> > work without the "`". In fact, I cut and pasted it from some web docs.
> > I'm not even really sure what character it is.
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/unix/bash-tute.html
> it's short for "command substitution", which runs the command
> contained with the ` quotes and produces what's printed to standard
> output. *very* different from the regular single quotes -- you *bet*
> they're not interchangeable.
>
> to avoid confusion, you can also identify command substitution with
> the syntax $(... command ...), which i personally prefer, since it's
> much clearer. that is, you'd be better off writing:
>
> c=$(expr ... ')
>
> at least, in my opinion.
$(foo) is the current notation and some day ` ` (backticks) will go away
from bash (by it's developers).
> rday
Alexander
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