Programming Ruby 3.2 (5th Edition): B4.0 page 601, Kernel#\ + $?‘

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@noelrappin

page 601, in Executing System Commands, second paragraph, lines 2-3, Kernel#\ instead of Kernel#` + $?‘ instead of $?

145 is defined as the method Kernel#\, which executes the command and returns a string containing
                             -----> ^ #`
any output that would have gone to $stdout. It also sets the global variable $?‘ to the return status of
                                                                        -----> ^
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