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05-19-2008

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If the result contains spaces, you will need to quote the backticks, too.

Code:

year="$(echo "$zf" | cut -c185-188)"
car="$(echo "$zf" | cut -c189-230)"

echo `echo` as seen above is obviously a redundant, Useless Use of Echo in Backticks.