Not sure what OS or shell you're using but the output might be a bit much for a normal variable. Instead, you could try storing the returned output in an array:
How do I evaluate the result of a command assigned to a variable??
Example:
var1=`cmd`
rc=$?
rc will be the result of the assignment rather than cmd since it executes after. How do I evaluate the result of the command itself?
Cheers..:confused: (2 Replies)
Hi,
I want to check if a variable has a value assigned to it or not.
I can do following -
cat $Var > File1
if
then
echo "$Var has value"
else
echo "$Var is null"
fi
But I have to check for 3 Variables and I want to wrap it up in couple of unix statements.
Any... (3 Replies)
Hey ,
I'm trying to perform the following command, however it cannot read the variable assigned earlier. I'm not sure why this happen. Please help thanks
while :
do
echo "what's ur name? (if none just press )"
read name
changeName = echo $name | sed "s/on/ey/"
echo $changeName #this... (8 Replies)
I am making of a script that will go through a couple of for loops and create file names based on the values in that loop, however the variable that combines everything is not getting assigned properly:
#! /bin/bash
for imod in K33_j1b_WS9_6
do
for emod in mb2A mb2C mb3A mb3C mb4A... (1 Reply)
The requirement is, there is a log file which contains a huge data. i need to get a particular field out of it by searching with another field.
ex:
2011-03-28 13:00:07,423 : millis=231 q={ call get_data_account(?,?,?,?,?) }, params=
i need to search for the word "get_data_account" in file... (1 Reply)
I am trying to check whether a variable has been assigned on the command line or not.
Here is what I did:
#!/usr/bin/bash
if( $variable == '\0')
{
print "variable was not assigned"
exit
}
else
NF = 2 {print $1, ""}
exit
fi
awk -f question1.awk variable = 58 letters.txt.
So... (3 Replies)
Hi there can anyone help me
here is my code
echo "Type in a positive number"
read X
I=2
while
do
if
then
echo "It is not prime"
break
else
if
then
echo "It is prime"
break
else
I=$(( $I + 1))
fi
fi (4 Replies)
I want to do 2 things in single line that is evaluating a command to get return code and store $2 of awk if the command exit code is 0.
eval "ade desc ${filename}@@/<branch_name> | grep Version | awk '{print $2}' 2>&1 1>/dev/null"
ret=$?
echo "$ret $val"
if
then
... (3 Replies)
Experts,
I'm having problems with the code below.
I'm trying to test $var2 for two different regexs.
I thought it could be done per below, but I'm getting the following error when running.
$ ./test.pl b fed50c0100****
Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: timj123
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
count
COUNT(3) 1 COUNT(3)count - Count all elements in an array, or something in an objectSYNOPSIS
int count (mixed $array_or_countable, [int $mode = COUNT_NORMAL])
DESCRIPTION
Counts all elements in an array, or something in an object.
For objects, if you have SPL installed, you can hook into count(3) by implementing interface Countable. The interface has exactly one
method, Countable::count, which returns the return value for the count(3) function.
Please see the Array section of the manual for a detailed explanation of how arrays are implemented and used in PHP.
PARAMETERS
o $array_or_countable
- An array or Countable object.
o $mode
- If the optional $mode parameter is set to COUNT_RECURSIVE (or 1), count(3) will recursively count the array. This is particu-
larly useful for counting all the elements of a multidimensional array.
Caution
count(3) can detect recursion to avoid an infinite loop, but will emit an E_WARNING every time it does (in case the array
contains itself more than once) and return a count higher than may be expected.
RETURN VALUES
Returns the number of elements in $array_or_countable. If the parameter is not an array or not an object with implemented Countable inter-
face, 1 will be returned. There is one exception, if $array_or_countable is NULL, 0 will be returned.
Caution
count(3) may return 0 for a variable that isn't set, but it may also return 0 for a variable that has been initialized with an empty
array. Use isset(3) to test if a variable is set.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
count(3) example
<?php
$a[0] = 1;
$a[1] = 3;
$a[2] = 5;
$result = count($a);
// $result == 3
$b[0] = 7;
$b[5] = 9;
$b[10] = 11;
$result = count($b);
// $result == 3
$result = count(null);
// $result == 0
$result = count(false);
// $result == 1
?>
Example #2
Recursive count(3) example
<?php
$food = array('fruits' => array('orange', 'banana', 'apple'),
'veggie' => array('carrot', 'collard', 'pea'));
// recursive count
echo count($food, COUNT_RECURSIVE); // output 8
// normal count
echo count($food); // output 2
?>
SEE ALSO is_array(3), isset(3), strlen(3).
PHP Documentation Group COUNT(3)