code ASCII for Caracter -->> '

ZINGARO · August 10, 2006, 2:01am

I'm a question:

the expresiion 'expr $a +1' use the caracter --> ' (is not shift+ ? !!!)

what is the code ascii for generate this caracter ??????

tank's

Hitori · August 10, 2006, 2:19am

jim_mcnamara · August 10, 2006, 6:52am

Perhaps you mean a backtick ` ASCII 96
The single tic or single quote ' is ASCII 39

aigles · August 10, 2006, 8:52am

With bash and ksh, you can also use the syntax $() :

$(expr $a +1)   # same as `expr $a +1`
Timestamp=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')

Jean-Pierre