3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tests/ln/hard-to-sym b/tests/ln/hard-to-sym
index 044b10c0d..358b93008 100755
--- a/tests/ln/hard-to-sym
+++ b/tests/ln/hard-to-sym
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ln -s -L -P symlink2 symlink3 || fail=1
 # ===================================================
 # ensure that -L follows symlinks, and overrides -P
 ln -P -L symlink3 hard-to-a || fail=1
-ls=`ls -lG hard-to-a`x
+ls=$(ls -lG hard-to-a)x
 case "$ls" in
   *'hard-to-ax') ;;
   *'hard-to-a -> '*x) fail=1 ;;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ esac
 # ===================================================
 # ensure that -P links (or at least duplicates) symlinks, and overrides -L
 ln -L -P symlink3 hard-to-3 || fail=1
-ls=`ls -lG hard-to-3`x
+ls=$(ls -lG hard-to-3)x
 case "$ls" in
   *'hard-to-3 -> symlink2x') ;;
   *'hard-to-3x') fail=1 ;;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ esac
 # Create a hard link to a dangling symlink.
 ln -s /no-such-dir || framework_failure_
 ln -L no-such-dir hard-to-dangle 2>err && fail=1
-case `cat err` in
+case $(cat err) in
   *" accessing 'no-such-dir'":*) ;;
   *) fail=1 ;;
 esac
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ ln -P no-such-dir hard-to-dangle || fail=1
 mkdir d || framework_failure_
 ln -s d link-to-dir || framework_failure_
 ln -L link-to-dir hard-to-dir-link 2>err && fail=1
-case `cat err` in
+case $(cat err) in
   *": 'link-to-dir': hard link not allowed for directory"*) ;;
   *) fail=1 ;;
 esac
 ln -P link-to-dir/ hard-to-dir-link 2>err && fail=1
-case `cat err` in
+case $(cat err) in
   *": 'link-to-dir/': hard link not allowed for directory"*) ;;
   *) fail=1 ;;
 esac
diff --git a/tests/ln/misc b/tests/ln/misc
index 09baa2645..4da0eda45 100755
--- a/tests/ln/misc
+++ b/tests/ln/misc
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ rm -rf $d $f $ld || framework_failure_
 touch $f || framework_failure_
 mkdir $d || framework_failure_
 ln -s $d $ld
-af=`pwd`/$f
+af=$(pwd)/$f
 ln --no-dereference -fs "$af" $ld || fail=1
 test -f $ld || fail=1
 rm -rf $d $f $ld
diff --git a/tests/ln/sf-1 b/tests/ln/sf-1
index e7b680b5d..824c22432 100755
--- a/tests/ln/sf-1
+++ b/tests/ln/sf-1
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ echo foo > a || framework_failure_
 ln -s . b || framework_failure_
 
 ln -sf a b > err 2>&1 && fail=1
-case `cat err` in
+case $(cat err) in
   *'are the same file') ;;
   *) fail=1 ;;
 esac