Today I was a surprised by by this be this behavior a="-la" p=`ls $a` results in p equal ls -la which is expected. However, a="" p=`ls $a` results in p equal ls ''. The two single quote marks are a bit strange here. I am trying to something where I check for certain conditions and pass and opti…

Interpolating an empty string inside backticks

mbauman Split this topic September 26, 2017, 9:56pm 4

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