On Tue, 26 Jul 2022, Jim Knoble wrote: > The idiom I've seen work most portably around backticks and double quotes is: > > x="`echo \"words with spaces\"`" Nah, it’s not clear how many backspaces you need with this. Avoid using double quotes with accent-gravis style comsubs. (In the shown example, you don’t need them outside, because this is a scalar assignment and thus not subject to word splitting.) bye, //mirabilos -- Infrastrukturexperte • tarent solutions GmbH Am Dickobskreuz 10, D-53121 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Telephon +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB AG Bonn 5168 • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg **************************************************** /⁀\ The UTF-8 Ribbon ╲ ╱ Campaign against Mit dem tarent-Newsletter nichts mehr verpassen: ╳ HTML eMail! Also, https://www.tarent.de/newsletter ╱ ╲ header encryption! **************************************************** _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev