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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Different variable assignments
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On 24.10.2024 23:43, Frank Winkler wrote:
> On 24.10.2024 13:21, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> 
>  >I'm going to assume bash, but there isn't much difference.  In
> particular,
>  >note that $() is POSIX, so you really don't need to ever mess with ``.
> 
> I know that "$()" is POSIX but I don't feel "``" as a mess but in fact,
> I like it much better. And we're talking about ksh.
> 
> [...]
> 
> I also know that the "``" thing should and does do it but I explicitly
> asked why the "read" approach fails and that I'd prefer a solution with
> the assignment at the end.

The posts have indicated that folks here were trying to clarify
what you [intended to] do. Kenny was suggesting some basic things
that you should indeed consider adapting to make your programs
clearer and less error-prone. Of course you can do what you like.
But you should really consider the "new" (i.e. 1988) syntax for
command substitution that Ksh had invented for documented reasons.

Janis

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