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Linux@programming.dev · 23 days ago

Which command substitution do you prefer in shell scripts: backquotes `` or $() syntax?

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Which command substitution do you prefer in shell scripts: backquotes `` or $() syntax?

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Linux@programming.dev · 23 days ago

Looks like $(…) is better, but I still pretty often see `…` in some articles.

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Better reachable on german keyboard. Also muscle memory … YmmMV. ;-)

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