shell script implementation of man

[Yann E. MORIN]

Hello Matthew!
Hello all!

On Wednesday 19 November 2008 16:58:15 Matthew Hiles wrote:
> msh does not appear to support
> $() style command substitution, it does support backticks. I've
> changed the script and it appears to work with msh without any issues.

Do not forget that back-ticks are not POSIX, while $() is. Even bash
considers the use of back-ticks (backquotes) to be /old-style/.

I'd say that such shell scripts should be POSIX compliant. That sure
rules out non-POSIX shells, but is standards-compliant.

My 2 cents.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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