populate variable from remote result

hcclnoodles · #1 (**permalink**) 02-19-2007

Hi there

i am trying to pass the result of a remote command into a variable into my script

ie

Code:

#!/bin/sh

var = `ssh remote_box 'uname'`
echo $var

but all i get back is

Code:

./script.sh[3]: var:  not found

However when i add a -x to put it into diag mode i get the following

Code:

+ ssh remote_server uname
+ var = SunOS
./script[3]: var:  not found
+ echo

so it looks like the variable var is actually being populated but i cant echo it

does anybody know what im doing wrong here?

Cheers
Gary

anbu23 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-19-2007

Remove the spaces before and after equal sign

Code:

var=`ssh remote_box 'uname'`

hcclnoodles · #3 (**permalink**) 02-19-2007

doh !! thankyou

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