nested `` quotation marks

deathalele · 03-16-2009, 12:39 PM

is it possible to nest the `command` quotation marks.

for example

Quote:

TEST=`echo `hello_world_program``

YES i know that program is completely pointless and can just as easily be done TEST=`hello_world_program` but that's not the point

Thanks in advance

ta0kira · 03-16-2009, 12:45 PM

You can escape them with \, or what I do is use $( ) instead for this exact reason. Escapes get pretty ugly after one layer of nesting.
Kevin Barry

deathalele · 03-16-2009, 01:31 PM

Thanks a lot
Just what i needed