[Pdx-pm] solved: job control (still got a question)

[Randall Hansen]

Thus spoke "Michael R. Wolf" <MichaelRunningWolf at att.net>
( Tue, 03 Jun 2003 18:36:33 -0700 ):

> It's not the pipe that did the end run, it's the 'jobs' run in the
> current shell, thus avoiding the subshell problem.

By 'the pipe' I meant 'the solution involving the pipe,' but perhaps I
should be more pedantic.  :)

> $ date="right now (as a string variable)"
> $
> $ print "At the tone, the time will be: ${date}"
> At the tone, the time will be: right now (as a string variable)
> $
> $ print "At the tone, the time will be: $(date)"
> At the tone, the time will be: Tue Jun  3 18:31:17 PDT 2003
> $

That's a nice illustration - thanks.

r
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