Re^4: backticks and quotation trouble in bash

Thanks, I see it now. You have answered me perfectly.

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Re^5: backticks and quotation trouble in bash by Tommy (Chaplain) on Dec 18, 2012 at 16:29 UTC
In bash, you can't nest backticks, but you can nest the newer, more flexible "$()" construct: `echo "$( command arg arg '$( nested_command arg arg )' )"` -- Tommy `$ perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print decode_base64 "YWNlQHRvbW15YnV0bGVyLm1lCg=="'`	[reply] [d/l] [select]