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Old 11-04-2006
copying strings...
hey
i want to know the unix command for copying 1 string to another and allso adding a third string to the result.
for eg:
a
b="nbno"
c="uioio"
i want to copy contents of b to a and the append the contents of c to the contents of a and the result shud be in string a
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Old 11-04-2006
Code:
a="$b"   # Copy b into a
a="$a$c" # Append c to a
a="$b$c" # The same in one shoot

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