I have been trying to do something that seems that it should be very simple in a shell script. I am trying to make a variable equal to the output of a command. The command started off very complex but I created a test script to bring it down to it's most simple form and it still does not work. Here is the test script: #!/bin/bash # test script test1='pwd' echo $test1 when in this format the test1 variable echo's the word pwd instead of the current directory. I have also tried test1= 'pwd' # test1 is null and command executes I am almost positive I have done this before in a script. Any help would be appreciate. Linux AS 2.1 Kernel 2.4.9-e.35 _____________ LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not an addressee, any disclosure or copying of the contents of this E-mail or any action taken (or not taken) in reliance on it is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an addressee, please inform the sender immediately, then delete this message and empty from your trash. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
