Re: Bash script question (was: Re: Netscape 4.73 wrapper broken)

[Andre Berger <uzscd5@uni-bonn.de>]

Peter Kovacs <kovacsp@knowpost.com> writes:

> On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Mark Phillips wrote:
> From man 1 bash:
>    Command Substitution
>        Command substitution allows the output  of  a  command  to
>        replace the command name.  There are two forms:
> 
>               $(command)
>        or
>               `command`
> 
> That's why I had the backticks in there.  I've never seen the
> $() construct either.  

You can use it for

	kill -9 $(pidof netscape)

to get rid of all processes that have the string "netscape" in their
names ;)

Andre