Shell Programming and Scripting

$ cat ./QuoteGrabber.sh
#!/usr/bin/bash
a=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t ASK  -i /ESM1)
b=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t BID  -i /ESM1)
c=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t VOLUME  -i /ESM1)
d=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t IMPL_VOL  -i /ESM1)
echo ASK=$a
echo BID=$b
echo VOLUME=$c
echo IMPL_VOL=$d
echo "--------------"
echo $a $b $c $d[/FONT]

$ ./QuoteGrabber.sh
ASK=1306,75
BID=1306,50
VOLUME=1,023,435
IMPL_VOL=N/A
--------------
 N/A23,435

$ cat ./QuoteGrabber.sh
#!/usr/bin/bash
symbol='./ESJ1C1290'
a=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t ASK  -i $symbol)
b=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t BID  -i $symbol)
c=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t VOLUME  -i $symbol)
d=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t OPEN_INT  -i $symbol)
e=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t IMPL_VOL  -i $symbol)
f=$(./DDECmd.exe request -s TOS -t SYMBOL  -i $symbol)
echo ASK=$a
echo BID=$b
echo VOLUME=$c
echo OPEN_INT=$d
echo IMPL_VOL=$e
echo SYMBOL=$symbol
echo "--------------"
echo $a $b $c $d
echo "****************"
printf "%10s %5s %25s %s\n" $a $b $c $d
printf "BID=%10s\t ASK=%10s\t VOLUME=%10s\t IMPL_VOL=%10s\t" $a $b $c $d

$  ./QuoteGrabber.sh
ASK=16,50
BID=16,00
VOLUME=99
OPEN_INT=3,440
IMPL_VOL=N/A
SYMBOL=./ESJ1C1290
--------------
 3,440
****************
 3,440                 99
BID=     IMPL_VOL=    3,440

$ printf 'Carriage -> \r <- Return\n'
 <- Return>