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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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