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Re: Scripting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deryk Barker)
Thu Oct 29 12:30:52 1998
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:59:30 -0800
From: Deryk Barker <dbarker@camosun.bc.ca>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981029112540.3134A-100000@linuxtest.fellows.denison.edu>; from Linux User on Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 11:30:09AM -0500
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Thus spake Linux User (linuxuser@linuxtest.fellows.denison.edu):
>
> How do I store a output to a variable,
>
> what I want to do is to get the output of
>
> $ grep alive /usr/local/bin/fpinger/rundata
>
> to a variable ($pingalive) so i can do
>
> $ mail -s $pingalive whoever@whereever.xyz
> (basically get the result of fping in the subject line)
$ pingalive=`grep alive /usr/local/bin/fpinger/rundata`
does it for me.
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