Re: Using terminal output as input

[tyler <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>]

Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> writes:

> I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the
> output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic
> example is the  which command:
> $ which firefox
> /usr/bin/firefox
> $

This may be a stupid question, but what's the difference between firefox
and $(which firefox)? They both run the first executable named firefox
in your path, don't they?

Tyler

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