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#!/bin/sh script fails at StringA | tr "[x]" "[y]"
I need to take a string (stringA) check it for spaces and replace any spaces found with an equal (=) sign.

This is not working. There are spaces between each component:
$StringA | tr "[ ]" "[=]"

The error returned is:
test: Specify a parameter with this command

Can you help?
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echo $StringA | tr "[ ]" "[=]"
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does that just echo, or does it update $StringA?
I'm interested in modifying the parameter's value. Does that change the string or just show the output?
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