Re: variable=`command` vs. variable=|command

Thu 98-01-22 dattier(_at_)wwa(_dot_)com (David W. Tamkin) list.procmail
| Grumble grumble grumble.
| 
| I had this recipe, which had worked flawlessly for over three years:
| 
|    :0Dbir # these messages have very short bodies, often empty ones
|    * variable ?? [A-Z]
|    variable=| echo $variable | tr A-Z a-z

Can't give any more insight, but I can confirm failure in HP-UX pre7 too.

jari