4 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh
index 27e267f532..016454749f 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/t9365-continuing-queries.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test_check_precond
 
 test_expect_success 'creating page w/ >500 revisions' '
 	wiki_reset &&
-	for i in `test_seq 501`
+	for i in $(test_seq 501)
 	do
 		echo "creating revision $i" &&
 		wiki_editpage foo "revision $i<br/>" true
diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw-lib.sh b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw-lib.sh
index d9a114995a..6546294f15 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw-lib.sh
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/t/test-gitmw-lib.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test_diff_directories () {
 #
 # Check that <dir> contains exactly <N> files
 test_contains_N_files () {
-	if test `ls -- "$1" | wc -l` -ne "$2"; then
+	if test $(ls -- "$1" | wc -l) -ne "$2"; then
 		echo "directory $1 should contain $2 files"
 		echo "it contains these files:"
 		ls "$1"
@@ -340,10 +340,10 @@ wiki_install () {
 			"http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/$MW_VERSION_MAJOR/"\
 			"$MW_FILENAME. "\
 			"Please fix your connection and launch the script again."
-		echo "$MW_FILENAME downloaded in `pwd`. "\
+		echo "$MW_FILENAME downloaded in $(pwd). "\
 			"You can delete it later if you want."
 	else
-		echo "Reusing existing $MW_FILENAME downloaded in `pwd`."
+		echo "Reusing existing $MW_FILENAME downloaded in $(pwd)."
 	fi
 	archive_abs_path=$(pwd)/$MW_FILENAME
 	cd "$WIKI_DIR_INST/$WIKI_DIR_NAME/" ||
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh
index 66ce4b07c2..b22b710c26 100755
--- a/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh
+++ b/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add sub1' '
 
 # Save this hash for testing later.
 
-subdir_hash=`git rev-parse HEAD`
+subdir_hash=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 test_expect_success 'add sub2' '
         create sub2 &&
diff --git a/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/appp.sh b/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/appp.sh
index 5eb4a51643..8dc73ece15 100755
--- a/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/appp.sh
+++ b/contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/appp.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONFFILE=~/.appprc
 
 SEP="-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=# Don't remove this line #=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-"
 if [ -e "$CONFFILE" ] ; then
-	LAST_DIR=`grep -m 1 "^LAST_DIR=" "${CONFFILE}"|sed -e 's/^LAST_DIR=//'`
+	LAST_DIR=$(grep -m 1 "^LAST_DIR=" "${CONFFILE}"|sed -e 's/^LAST_DIR=//')
 	cd "${LAST_DIR}"
 else
 	cd > /dev/null
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ fi
 
 cd - > /dev/null
 
-SUBJECT=`sed -n -e '/^Subject: /p' "${PATCH}"`
-HEADERS=`sed -e '/^'"${SEP}"'$/,$d' $1`
-BODY=`sed -e "1,/${SEP}/d" $1`
-CMT_MSG=`sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e '/^---$/,$d' "${PATCH}"`
-DIFF=`sed -e '1,/^---$/d' "${PATCH}"`
+SUBJECT=$(sed -n -e '/^Subject: /p' "${PATCH}")
+HEADERS=$(sed -e '/^'"${SEP}"'$/,$d' $1)
+BODY=$(sed -e "1,/${SEP}/d" $1)
+CMT_MSG=$(sed -e '1,/^$/d' -e '/^---$/,$d' "${PATCH}")
+DIFF=$(sed -e '1,/^---$/d' "${PATCH}")
 
 CCS=`echo -e "$CMT_MSG\n$HEADERS" | sed -n -e 's/^Cc: \(.*\)$/\1,/gp' \
 	-e 's/^Signed-off-by: \(.*\)/\1,/gp'`
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if [ "x${BODY}x" != "xx" ] ; then
 fi
 echo "$DIFF" >> $1
 
-LAST_DIR=`dirname "${PATCH}"`
+LAST_DIR=$(dirname "${PATCH}")
 
 grep -v "^LAST_DIR=" "${CONFFILE}" > "${CONFFILE}_"
 echo "LAST_DIR=${LAST_DIR}" >> "${CONFFILE}_"