The rename command…
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Thu Aug 28 17:29:15 UTC 2008
Rashkae wrote:
> Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>> Does ` have a special meaning? I tried to replace it with something else,
>> such as ', but got errors. It looks unnecessary to have this construction
>> ( <blah blah> "`<more blah blah>`" <even more stuff here> - it looks like
>> either " or ` can be omitted, but it can't; I've tried…)
>>
>
> ` very much has a special meaning, completely different from '
>
> ` ` means to susbstitute what's inside of the quotes with the output the
> commands contained within.
Sometimes, you'll find that you need to exchange `` with $(). The $()
syntax is a little more flexible.
--
derek
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