use $() instead of `` for command substitutions

Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com>

3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/rc.multi b/rc.multi
index d8bf126..60bb835 100755
--- a/rc.multi
+++ b/rc.multi
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fi
 run_hook multi_end
 
 /bin/touch /var/log/boot
-kill `/bin/cat /run/bootlogd.pid`
+kill $(/bin/cat /run/bootlogd.pid)
 /bin/rm /run/bootlogd.pid
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 noet:
diff --git a/rc.single b/rc.single
index d1191d2..92b8f53 100755
--- a/rc.single
+++ b/rc.single
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if [[ $RUNLEVEL = 1 ]]; then
 fi
 
 /bin/touch /var/log/boot
-kill `/bin/cat /run/bootlogd.pid`
+kill $(/bin/cat /run/bootlogd.pid)
 /bin/rm /run/bootlogd.pid
 
 # End of file
diff --git a/rc.sysinit b/rc.sysinit
index f672ecc..febe2da 100755
--- a/rc.sysinit
+++ b/rc.sysinit
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ if [[ -f /etc/crypttab && -n $CS ]] && /bin/grep -q ^[^#] /etc/crypttab; then
 							/bin/dd if=${ckdev} of=${ckfile} bs=1 skip=${cka} count=${ckb} >/dev/null 2>&1;;
 					esac
 					$CS -d ${ckfile} $4 $open "$a" "$b" >/dev/null
-					/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=${ckfile} bs=1 count=`stat -c %s ${ckfile}` conv=notrunc >/dev/null 2>&1
+					/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=${ckfile} bs=1 count=$(stat -c %s ${ckfile}) conv=notrunc >/dev/null 2>&1
 					rm ${ckfile};;
 				/*)
 					$CS -d "$3" $4 $open "$a" "$b" >/dev/null;;