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0 pointsandrewvc12y ago0 comments

The subshell syntax is there, it just looks different. Instead of: echo `mycmd`. It's echo (mycmd).

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I think you're getting your terminology mixed up: the bash man page calls what you described command substitution. Launching a subshell is something different and in bash it is done with parenthesis.

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0 pointsandrewvc12y ago0 comments

The subshell syntax is there, it just looks different. Instead of: echo `mycmd`. It's echo (mycmd).

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omaranto12y ago

I think you're getting your terminology mixed up: the bash man page calls what you described command substitution. Launching a subshell is something different and in bash it is done with parenthesis.

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