Hi

I need a small help

Cshell% more abc.txt
********
Cshell% cat abc.txt | cut -c1-3
***
Cshell%set test3=`cat abc.txt | cut -c1-3`
Cshell%echo $test3
a.txt b.txt.................
.....
It displays all the file in the current directory.

I want *** to be displayed.

Can any one of you provide a quick suggesstion in this ?