What is the analog of '$()' in tcsh?

Question

I tried to do in tcsh the following:

$ echo $(pwd)

It does not work.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '17 at 04:24

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Command substitution in tcsh is done using backticks: `...`

~> echo `pwd`
/home/muru

answered Sep 11 '17 at 04:24

muru

Note that it also works in all Bourne-compatible shells, i.e. in bash and dash too. – Ruslan Sep 11 '17 at 09:43
Is it correct to say they can't be nested? – user541686 Sep 11 '17 at 10:33
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@Mehrdad in (t)csh, [seems so](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5778/whats-the-difference-between-stuff-and-stuff#comment239660_5781). – muru Sep 11 '17 at 10:35

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