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S Mar 21, 2020 at 16:07 history edited vonbrand CC BY-SA 4.0
Add steps, quote substitution, fix terminology
S Mar 21, 2020 at 16:07 history suggested PoolloverNathan CC BY-SA 4.0
Add steps, quote substitution, fix terminology
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S Mar 4, 2019 at 19:31 history suggested user149572 CC BY-SA 4.0
I think it's better.
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S Oct 1, 2018 at 16:46 history suggested user149572 CC BY-SA 4.0
I actually meant to fix an important typo (a redundant backtick), but I had to add some more stuff to the edit so I clarified some data and added links to another session and Wikipedia.
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S Sep 28, 2018 at 9:49 history edited Stephen Kitt CC BY-SA 4.0
Fix the printf explanation.
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S Sep 27, 2018 at 20:30 history edited user88036 CC BY-SA 4.0
I edit from my mobile device (took me some time compared to PC to clarify)....
S Sep 27, 2018 at 20:30 history suggested CommunityBot CC BY-SA 4.0
I edit from my mobile device (took me some time compared to PC to clarify)....
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Jun 21, 2018 at 1:26 history edited Arcticooling CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jun 11, 2018 at 16:27 comment added Arcticooling @Kusalananda you are the best Linux teacher I ever met. I now fully understand the concept (edited).
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Jun 11, 2018 at 15:48 comment added Kusalananda The example might be thedate=$(date), followed by printf 'The date is %s\n' "$thedate".
Jun 11, 2018 at 15:46 comment added Arcticooling @Kusalananda I see your point that printing it immediately (with printf) is useless. I changed the phrasing a bit, from immediately to sometime later, is it more appealing?
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Jun 11, 2018 at 6:56 comment added Kusalananda Displaying the output of a command using command substitution and echo is a bad example of command substitution because 1) the output would have been displayed anyway, 2) printf is safer to use for variable data. The example could as well be written date | sed 's/^/Today is /'
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May 9, 2018 at 12:11 history closed bahamat
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Duplicate of What does ` (backquote/backtick) mean in commands?
May 8, 2018 at 23:20 history edited Arcticooling CC BY-SA 4.0
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S Apr 27, 2018 at 23:58 history notice added Arcticooling Reward existing answer
Apr 26, 2018 at 17:57 comment added Scott - Слава Україні Also related: What's the difference between $(stuff) and `stuff`?
Apr 26, 2018 at 8:19 comment added terdon OK, everyone needs to relax and stop accusing each other of trolling. If you don't like a question, then downvote or ignore it and walk away. If you feel you're being attacked in comments, then do not engage but flag and walk away.
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Apr 26, 2018 at 7:12 history edited Stephen Kitt CC BY-SA 3.0
Pretty sure the OP knows it’s "substitution".
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