--- Henry Axelrod <AxelrodH@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > 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 > Look at this: test1=`pwd` echo $test1 Cheers > 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 ===== -- Manuel Aróstegui Linux user 200896 http://manuel.todo-linux.com ______________________________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! - 6MB, más protección contra el spam ¡Gratis! http://correo.yahoo.es -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
