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Subject: Re: Script style: ` or $()?
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On 5/31/2012 2:29 PM, Chris Rees wrote:
> Seems that either no preference or $() is the rule,
I not only wouldn't say that, I didn't when I responded previously. :)
> but if you're
> documenting a code example that is designed to be copy/pasted to a
> shell then you should use `` -- otherwise you make life very difficult
> for t?csh users.
Valid point, except that he specified that he is writing an rc.d script
(which makes sense considering the list ...).
Doug
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