[PATCH 05/14] txt-to-pot.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitution

From: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 23, 2014, 13:43 UTC
Message-ID: <1398260646-2660-5-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1398260646-2660-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>

The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`.

The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character.

The patch was generated by:

for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh")
do
   sed -i 's@`\(.*\)`@$(\1)@g' ${_f}
done

and then carefully proof-read.

Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
---
 git-gui/po/glossary/txt-to-pot.sh |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-gui/po/glossary/txt-to-pot.sh b/git-gui/po/glossary/txt-to-pot.sh
index 49bf7c5..8249915 100755
--- a/git-gui/po/glossary/txt-to-pot.sh
+++ b/git-gui/po/glossary/txt-to-pot.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]
 then
 	cat <<!
-Usage: `basename $0` git-gui-glossary.txt > git-gui-glossary.pot
+Usage: $(basename $0) git-gui-glossary.txt > git-gui-glossary.pot
 !
 	exit 1;
 fi
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cat <<!
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: `date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M%z'`\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: $(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M%z')\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"

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