Unix Shell - Re: Problem assigning output to variable when using backticks and

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Re: Problem assigning output to variable when using backticks and

Janis Papanagnou

2005-11-29, 5:58 pm

danr wrote:
> It's my
> understanding that the <(...) thing should work if you have /dev/fd on
> your system, e.g.:

It "should work", yes, but it's not guaranteed; I had a not too old ksh93
version that seemed to have supported <(...) by syntax but was disfunctional
on my Linux box. Not sure whether it was a bug. The actual version works as
expected, though.

Janis