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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Assigning the output of a command to a variable, where there may be >1 line returned? Post 302382495 by quirkasaurus on Wednesday 23rd of December 2009 12:03:18 PM
Old 12-23-2009
i think he's in a shell, guarav...

In ksh, you can do this:

Code:
set -A find_use `ccm folder -fu -u -f "%name"-"%version" ${FOLDER_ID}`

echo ${find_use[0]}, ${find_use[1]}, ${find_use[*]}, ${#find_use}, etc...

 

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packf(1mh)																packf(1mh)

Name
       packf - compress a folder into a single file

Syntax
       packf [ +folder ] [ msgs ] [ -file name ] [ -help ]

Description
       Each  message in a folder is normally stored as a separate file.  The command takes all messages from the current folder and copies them to
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Options
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