12-08-2006
Storing the output into a variable
Hi unix gurus,
I am trying to store the result of a command into a variable.
But it is not getting stored.
x='hello'
y=echo $x | wc -c
but it is giving the output as 0(zero)
Pls help me its very urgent
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