Wynfield Henman wrote: > Anja, > use backquotes ` instead of quotes ' for process substitution. > > Example use: > echo Today is `date` > or even > echo "Today is `date`" > > Cheers, > Henman
YSHFRTT! http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-10/msg01002.html (And besides $(date) is better than `date` if you are nesting or quoting, but not as portable.) Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
