What is the benefit of using $() instead of backticks in shell scripts?

Question

There are two ways to capture the output of command line in bash:

1. Legacy Bourne shell backticks ``:

   var=`command`
            
   
   
           

Answer 1

In addition to the other answers,

$(...)

stands out visually better than

`...`

Backticks look too much like apostrophes; this varies depending on the font you're using.

(And, as I just noticed, backticks are a lot harder to enter in inline code samples.)