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Name: Chris
Date: April 14, 2003 at 07:39:58 Pacific
OS: Unix
CPU/Ram: Sun 64

Comment:

does anyone know how to assign a variable with a value from a file? set a = file does not work! what should I use instead?

Name: David Perry
Date: April 14, 2003 at 13:13:11 Pacific

Reply:

#!/bin/sh a=`cat file | head -1` Looks like you are using csh for shell scripting. You may wish to reconsider that.

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Put all your variables in a file and then source it. This will set all your variables in your current shell. . ./SHELL_NAME

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