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Old 02-19-2008, 03:53 PM
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_.-In alt.os.linux.slackware, +Alan Hicks+ wrote the following -._
> Not just the new hip way, the new better way. $() can be layered,
> whereas backticks cannot. For example:
>
> $(which ls $(which cupsd)) # will work
> `which ls `which cupsd`` # will not


Not only is nesting[0] possible with $() but the $() makes the code a
who lot easier to read. Sometimes that means more than anything.

[0] layered? Layering happins in a stack. Not in command
subsitituion.

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