[H-GEN] Useful not so obvious tips
Russell Stuart
russell-humbug at stuart.id.au
Wed Oct 27 21:45:41 EDT 2004
On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 11:10, Raymond Smith wrote:
> I'm curious, what is the advantage of less $(cmd) over
> less `cmd` ?
It nests. For example, this works:
grep some-string $(grep -l other-string $(find . some-condition)))
Also, I find typing mistakes are easier to find when
using $(cmd). I use it anytime I am not trying to
write something portable - including on the command
line.
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