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Re: Cygwin help!!!
Wynfield Henman wrote:
> Anja,
> use backquotes ` instead of quotes ' for process substitution.
>
> Example use:
> echo Today is `date`
> or even
> echo "Today is `date`"
>
> Cheers,
> Henman
YSHFRTT!
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg01002.html
(And besides $(date) is better than `date` if you are nesting or
quoting, but not as portable.)
Brian
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