[TriLUG] bash cmd line processing question

[Mike McLean]

"M. Mueller (bhu5nji)" wrote:
> 
> why does the following command work:
> 
> $kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid`
> 
> why does the following command *not* work:
> 
> $kill -SIGHUP 'cat /var/run/syslogd.pid'
> 
> Mike M.
> 
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Check out the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/abs/html/

I've found it to be very helpful