01-28-2017
Yes - although I am sure the move to the "expert users" helped as well.
As to why would anyone (still use) backticks:
a) I am not an expert scripter
b) I have used backticks over 38 years - as well as () (not $())
c) I make typo mistakes when using () - oops, that needs to be $()
In short - I write simple scripts - really simple ones - not save the world ones, and backticks work fine for me.
However, as I said before - I hope this dog is not too old - and I shall start to remember the $ in front of the ()
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abrt-dump-oops
ABRT-DUMP-OOPS(1) ABRT Manual ABRT-DUMP-OOPS(1)
NAME
abrt-dump-oops - Extract oops from FILE (or standard input)
SYNOPSIS
abrt-dump-oops [-vusoxtm] [-d DIR]/[-D] [FILE]
DESCRIPTION
This tool creates problem directory from, updates problem directory with or prints oops extracted from FILE or standard input.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Be more verbose. Can be given multiple times.
-s
Log to syslog
-o
Print found oopses on standard output
-d DIR
Create new problem directory in DIR for every oops found
-D
Same as -d DumpLocation, DumpLocation is specified in abrt.conf
-u PROBLEM
Save the extracted information in PROBLEM directory
-x
Make the problem directory world readable. Usable only with -d/-D
-t
Throttle problem directory creation to 1 per second
-m
Print search string(s) for abrt-watch-log to stdout and exit
SEE ALSO
abrt-watch-log(1), abrt.conf(5)
AUTHORS
o ABRT team
abrt 2.1.11 06/18/2014 ABRT-DUMP-OOPS(1)