5 Jun
2013
5 Jun
'13
2:18 a.m.
Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net> writes:
You could use the officially deprecated but ubiquitous `...` syntax rather than $(...) if you prefer.
Citation needed.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag...
...doesn't mention deprecation (at least, I can't spot it). I agree it's a bloody stupid thing to do, when $() has been around for so long.
I think it was in a bash announcement or changelog quite a while back. If so, it would mean deprecated in bash, not in POSIX.