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12-17-2007

Lokesha

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Explain the line "mn_code=`env|grep "..mn"|awk -F"=" '{print $2}'`"

Hi Friends,

Can any of you explain me about the below line of code?

mn_code=`env|grep "..mn"|awk -F"=" '{print $2}'`

Im not able to understand, what exactly it is doing

Any help would be useful for me.

Lokesha