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Old 10-27-2011
Setting a numberic variable in BASH
I have a file that contains a numeric value. I want to take the contents of that file and set a variable to it. Instead I keep getting the location of the file.

Code:
count=/export/home/ramosg/count
echo $count

/export/home/ramosg/count

Last edited by radoulov; 10-27-2011 at 05:52 PM.. Reason: Code tags!
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Old 10-27-2011
Code:
read count < /export/home/ramosg/count
echo $count

This User Gave Thanks to vgersh99 For This Post:
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Old 10-27-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
read count < /export/home/ramosg/count
echo $count


Thank you.
# 4  
Old 10-27-2011
Code:
where read line 
do 
  echo $line
done < /export/home/ramosg/count

# 5  
Old 10-27-2011
Thanks, the 1st solution worked.
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