On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 07:57:40AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Saturday, June 11, 2022 10:25:34 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 09:54:17AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > eval `ssh-agent` > > > For the record, the command you've got here is written in a very > > antiquated way. A better (as well as more modern) way to write it > > would be: > > > > eval "$(ssh-agent)" > > I am curious about the origin of the more modern syntax -- was it driven (or > partially driven) by the possiblity of (a human) confusing the backticks for > single quotes (like I did)?
Formal definitions: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_06_03 Rationale: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xcu_chap02.html#tag_23_02_06_03 See also: https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082
