Hello All,
I am looking for a way to get a string from
a file and assign it to a variable in Shell
Script.
Example I have a file
FILE containing
A
B
B
If I run grep -c 'B' FILE
It gives me the 2 can I assign this 2 as a
string or integer to a variable. Or in the
other cas Is it possible to extract B and
assign it to a variable.
Thanks
Khaliq

VAR=$(grep -c 'B' FILE)

similarly for grep 'B' FILE. Of course, this will give 2 values for VAR.

you should google
ksh scripting tutorial

For extracting B:

1st occurence of 'B':
grep 'B' FILE|sed -n '1p'

2nd occurence of 'B':
grep 'B' FILE|sed -n '2p'

Fields within:
grep 'B' FILE|sed -n '1p'|awk '{print $2}'

or whatever occurence and field number.