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Shell Script problem $( vs ticks [`]
ok so, I recently started using
Code:
$(echo one two three)

to execute commands in scripts instead of using
Code:
`echo one two three`

.

This method works wonderfully on ubuntu. However, it doesn't seem to work on other unix systems, i.e redhat/sun sun solaris.

I really hate to go back to the ticks "`" so i'm wondering if anyone here knows of a way around this.

when i run a script containing GECKO=$(echo one two three) on a non-ubuntu box, i get some type of error similar to :

Code:
: syntax error at line 175: `MONTH=$' unexpected

i have tried using different shells - bash, ksh, sh - same thing.

Any suggestions?
 
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NAME

       ppmtosixel - convert a portable pixmap into DEC sixel format

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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