How to properly nest Bash backticks

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Use $(commands) instead:

$ echo "hello1-$(echo hello2-$(echo hello3-$(echo hello4)))"
hello1-hello2-hello3-hello4

$(commands) does the same thing as backticks, but you can nest them.

You may also be interested in Bash range expansions:

echo hello{1..10}
hello1 hello2 hello3 hello4 hello5 hello6 hello7 hello8 hello9 hello10

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