David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 05 Apr 2000:
> I know I've seen this before, though... Is specifying a pipe this way
> different from something like
>
> set signature="`uptime`"
>
> where the " could also be ' ? Perhaps my original experimentation was
> using backticks and that's where I noticed the only-run-once phenomenon...
Yes, here it would make a difference. Backtics `` are parsed (executed)
within "" quoted strings, but not when within '' quotes. This is a
feature. :-)
BTW it would be redundant to use set signature="`uptime`" since
set signature=`uptime` would work just as well, I think. That's the
way it works in shell expansions at least.
Regards,
Mikko
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