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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Reading a variable from file Post 302341472 by zaxxon on Thursday 6th of August 2009 04:04:12 AM
Old 08-06-2009
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Remove the $ in front of var1 in file1. Shell variables are defined without a $ in front of their name.
 

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NAME

       xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff - compare compressed files

SYNOPSIS

       xzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2]
       xzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2]
       lzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2]
       lzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2]

DESCRIPTION

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       directly to cmp or diff.  If only one file is specified, then the files compared are file1 (which must have a suffix of	a  supported  com-
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BUGS

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