From: Robert Peirce <bob@...>
Date: 2004-03-05T07:09:15+09:00
Subject: Aliasing and the back-quote

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On page 232 of the Ruby book, there is the following code:

alias :cmd :`
cmd "date"

which works.  However,

` "date"

does not work, although

`"date"`

does.  Why does cmd work without a second back-quote while a single=20
back-quote does not work at all?

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