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whacky punctuation dealies
Say I have a command that looks like this:
host=$(/usr/bin/host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)

What is the significance of the $()
I know what happens when I don't include them, and I know what happens when I do, but...
Why doo it woik wit $()

Sorry for the lame question
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do 'man ksh' and search for 'Command Substitution'
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do 'man ksh' and search for 'Command Substitution'
or 'man bash' if you are using bash, and don't have ksh, and search for the same thing.
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D'OH!

Thanks for the quick responses. I was aware of the backquote method (aka "old-style") and didn't think to check the man page.

That'll larn me.
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