[SGVLUG] back-ticks vs. $(...)

[Bryan D Howard]

"Robert" <mrflash818 at geophile.net> writes:
> > <snip>
> >>   NAME=`echo ls -lrt *_data | nawk '{print $NF}'`
> 
> I kind of prefer the
> NAME=$(echo ls -lrt *_data | nawk '{print $NF}')
> 
> to using back-ticks myself.

While I agree that I like the newer syntax, I rarely actually use it.
While the newer Bourne shell derivitives I've looked at seem to
support it (bash, ksh, zsh), it doesn't work in vanilla Bourne shell.

{Bryan}
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Bryan D Howard
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