the ` is also known in
programming as a
backtick.
Usually, the
backtick will be used in
programming to
execute a
program and
return the output.
Here are some
useless examples:
bash (or other
shells, not sure if they would work):
jason@
dexedrine (~) (45) % cd /usr/src/
linux/arch/`
uname -m |
sed s/i.86/i386/`/boot/
jason@dexedrine (/usr/src/linux/arch/
i386/boot) (46) %
perl:
#!/usr/bin/perl
$listing = `ls -la`;
print $listing;
php:
$listing = `ls -al`;
echo $listing;
?>
I'm sure there are others, but these are the ones that are probably most
commonly used.