Questions tagged [backticks]
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Why does ` (backtick) not appear until after I press another key?
On Stackexchange sites I quite often have to use the backtic which can be got at usually as the key beside 1 (left side ) however when I press it the first time the ` doesn't appear until I press it again (at which point I get `` (2) or if I press…
Toby Allen
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Why use parens instead of backticks for executing a command 'in situ'?
I have recently started to shift my shell scripting from utilizing backticks to parens to execute a command in situ and use the results in something else. Eg:
for line in `cat file`
do
echo "$line"
done
Now I use parens, substituting…
warren
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How can I type the tilde character that is not in my keyboard layout?
I'm using Windows 7 system with an Italian keyboard layout
As you can see, this layout misses the tilde ~ character and the backtick character.
By the way, backtick is not so important, because I can emulate it in a Bash script using $( and ).
The…
Alberto
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What does |I`E`X mean in powershell?
I am writing a powershell interpreter that looks at Malware. And I have some text I don't know how to parse. It looks like a pipeline but what comes after the pipe doesn't make sense to me and the interpreter I am modifying doesn't not handle. The…
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Filename tab completion within bash backtick environment
I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 and I've ran into a little bit of a snag with bash completions within backticks. Here's an example to illustrate:
I save streaming URL:s to my radio-stations in text files, and I usually start listening by typing
$ mplayer `cat…
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Why does my backtick key not work on OS X?
On my MacBook (13 inch aluminum late 2008) the backtick key (`) does not work by itself. In order to insert a backtick, I have to press Option + `.
The tilde (~) works fine.
I'm using the default US keyboard layout. Any ideas why this is happening…
Wuffers
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ZSA Moonlander backtick becomes § and shift backtick is ±
Hello I hav the ZSA Moonlander MK2.
When I press the back-tick key, I have § as an outcome and shift back-tick produces ±.
Here is a recording of my virtual keyboard and output
How can I just have the backtick key actually do the backtick?
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Raspbian ( Debian) cmd prompt five single back quote marks
I'm trying to understand something that happened today.
Setup Win10 PC RasPi2 with wifi dongle and usb bluetooth keyboard set up as Octoprint controller.
While bouncing between working on PC and RasPi I inadvertently started typing on the wireless…
MechMon
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