Timeline for What does ` (backquote/backtick) mean in commands?
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| Dec 4, 2019 at 7:02 | comment | added | SuperStar518 | diagram is really awesome :) | |
| Jul 18, 2018 at 14:49 | comment | added | JustinCB | @KhajaMinhajuddin You can nest backticks, but you need to escape the 2nd level of backticks, & 2nd level nesting you need 3 backticks, 3rd level nesting 5 backticks, 4th level 7, &c. | |
| S May 2, 2018 at 21:25 | history | suggested | Jacob Kopczynski | CC BY-SA 4.0 | spelling of "excape" |
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| S Dec 6, 2017 at 14:04 | history | suggested | Enlico | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I think it's a useful, though somewhat well known, information. |
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:37 | history | edited | CommunityBot | replaced http://unix.stackexchange.com/ with https://unix.stackexchange.com/ | |
| May 19, 2013 at 20:38 | comment | added | jlliagre | @rozcietrzewiacz Your latter remark is probably true for most keyboards but $( ) is definitely easier to type than ` ` at least on a French keyboard. | |
| Oct 23, 2012 at 13:14 | comment | added | rozcietrzewiacz | @KhajaMinhajuddin You're definitely right about nesting - the above mentioned question covers it in detail. But even though I think it is a good practise to use $() in most situations, it does not make backticks a worse thing. For practical purposes, one has to admit that they are much faster to type on the command line (2 keystrokes compared to at least 5, including Shift). | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 1:10 | comment | added | Khaja Minhajuddin | This explains backticks pretty well, but using $(your expression)is a better way to do the same thing as $() allows you to nest expressions. for instance: cd $(dirname $(type -P touch)) will cd you into the directory containing the touch command | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 16:51 | history | edited | rozcietrzewiacz | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 29 characters in body |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 15:20 | vote | accept | gws | ||
| Dec 22, 2011 at 15:16 | history | edited | rozcietrzewiacz | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 1 characters in body |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 15:03 | history | edited | rozcietrzewiacz | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 1 characters in body |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 14:43 | history | answered | rozcietrzewiacz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |