#!/bin/sh # To make this script executable, use the command: chmod +x 24_backticks.sh # To run the script, use the command: ./24_backticks.sh echo "This spell will teach you the basics of capturing command output with backticks in POSIX-compliant Bash" echo "To study the code of the examples, please use the command: cat 24_backticks.sh" # Capturing output with backticks current_dir=`pwd` echo "You are currently in the $current_dir directory" # Assigning output of multiple commands to a variable system_info=`uname -a; uptime` echo "System information: $system_info" # Using backticks in command substitution echo "The current date and time is `date`" echo "Spell cast successfully"