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From: cmorgan@mentor.com (Clark Morgan  @ APD x4813)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Is it possible to nest Csh command substitution?
Message-ID: <1990Jun6.082816.13649@mentor.com>
Date: 6 Jun 90 08:28:16 GMT
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Within Bourne shell it is possible to nest command subsitution,
like so:

      % /bin/sh
      $ echo `echo \`echo stuff\``
      stuff

This has idiom has its uses.  I can't come up with similar
Csh syntax that works.  Here's what Csh says when handed
the same command line as above:

      % echo `echo \`echo stuff\``
      Unmatched `.

Is there any way to do this in Csh?  If it matters, I'm running
SR10.3 on an Apollo DN4500, using either the SYSV or BSD version
of Csh.

If this is a frequently asked/trivial question, please don't
post the answer, just send me e-mail.

Thanks in advance!

-- 
          Clark O. Morgan -- Mentor Graphics Corp.
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