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Started by BigLinux, Jul 26 2009 07:48 AM

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BigLinux
Posted 26 July 2009 - 07:48 AM

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How do we store the result of a command executed into a variable? I am trying to store the value of "tty" command into a variable.

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DigitalLinx
Posted 28 August 2009 - 12:08 PM

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var=`command`

echo $var

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asafe
Posted 28 August 2009 - 08:59 PM

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var=$(command)
echo $var

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