On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 06:13:07PM +0200, Philipp Lehman wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2001, Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Sun, 20 May 2001, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I still don't understand the proper syntax for this: I want to process > >>multiple files, e.g. symlinking a bunch or converting graphics. > >> > >>for i in *;do 'ln -s $i /home/newdir/$i';done > > ^^^ ^^^ > > > >You need grave accents here. > > Ouch! You don't need _any_ quotes in this case, sorry. What I was > trying to say was that you shouldn't confuse accents and single quotes > as they have different meanings in bash. >
I have found it useful and more readable to use the $(command) syntax in place of `command`. It has the additional advantage of being nestable, though that is rarely needed. -- Mark
