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Bash is strange, but it's not that strange $ ping `echo "rm -rf /nosuchdir"` ping: unknown host rm The string being fed to ping is not interpolated or

Bash is strange, but it's not that strange $ ping `echo "rm -rf /nosuchdir"` ping: unknown host rm The string being fed to ping is not interpolated or executed after it's returned by the command.

tptacek 13y ago
Yes, you are obviously right. There aren't even really any fun arguments you can pass to ping. I jumped the gun here.