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Special Forums UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers How to store the value of grep in a variable Post 302639203 by methyl on Friday 11th of May 2012 10:28:39 AM
Old 05-11-2012
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var= $whatever
After using code tags, we can see every space character.
Look carefully at gary_w's post and then lose the space character after the equals sign.
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var=$whatever

 

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