Hallo, Sorry if this bores you, but I have never used sed before and after reading this discussion I checked the man page for sed.
What I would like to know is the following: On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Steve Mayer wrote: > Try grep "`date \"+ %a %b %d\" | sed 's/ //'`" arch.log ^ ^ > dave oswald wrote: > > grep echo \"`date "+ %a %b %d" | sed 's/ //'`\" arch.log ^ ^ What is the meaning of the ` before date and after //'? What was wrong with dave oswald's effort? Why wouldn't grep \"`date "+ %a %b %d" | sed 's/ //'`\" arch.log work? Johann -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." I Corinthians 10:31 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]