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Fabian Homborg
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@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ For more, see :ref:`Lists <variables-lists>`.
Command Substitutions
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Command substitutions use the output of one command as an argument to another. Unlike other shells, fish does not use backticks `` for command substitutions. Instead, it uses parentheses::
Command substitutions use the output of one command as an argument to another. Unlike other shells, fish does not use backticks `` for command substitutions. Instead, it uses parentheses with or without a dollar::
> echo In (pwd), running (uname)
> echo In (pwd), running $(uname)
In /home/tutorial, running FreeBSD
A common idiom is to capture the output of a command in a variable::
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ A common idiom is to capture the output of a command in a variable::
> echo $os
Linux
Command substitutions are not expanded within quotes. Instead, you can temporarily close the quotes, add the command substitution, and reopen them, all in the same argument::
Command substitutions without a dollar are not expanded within quotes, so the version with a dollar is simpler::
> touch "testing_"(date +%s)".txt"
> touch "testing_$(date +%s).txt"
> ls *.txt
testing_1360099791.txt