How To Assign Output of a Linux Command to a Variable | Linux Today

How To Assign Output of a Linux Command to a Variable

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Aaron Kili
Jan 19, 2017

In this post, we will review the different ways of assigning the output of a shell command to a variable, specifically useful for shell scripting purpose.

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Aaron Kili

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