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# 1  
Old 11-10-2011
[Solved] problem assigning value
Hi,

This is the script that am trying to execute.
Code:
a= sar 1 5 | grep ^A | awk '{print $5}'
echo $a

i am getting output.
99

i get a blank space for echo $a.
Why is the value not getting assigned to a??

Thanks in Advance.

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# 2  
Old 11-10-2011
Try:
Code:
a=$(sar 1 5 | awk '/^A/{print $5}')

# 3  
Old 11-10-2011
maybe you're missing some quotes...
Code:
a="`sar 1 5 | grep ^A | awk '{print $5}'`"

note the difference between ` (backquote) and " (doublequote).
# 4  
Old 11-10-2011
You did not say what shell you were using...
With ksh try:
Code:
a=$( sar 1 5 | grep ^A | awk '{print $5}')
echo $a

# 5  
Old 11-10-2011
Franklin,

Now i get the output
98
11

"a" did not hold the value.

Aqualung,

The quotes did not help. It says it cannot find the directory.

Vbe,

I am using bash. And yes, I used $, but that did not help either.
# 6  
Old 11-10-2011
Code:
n12:/home/vbe # echo $0
bash
n12:/home/vbe # sar 1 5 |grep ^A
AIX n12 1 6 00C8E5F24C00    11/10/11
Average       31      17       0      52    0.12    59.7
n12:/home/vbe # a=$( sar 1 5 | grep ^A | awk '{print $5}')
n12:/home/vbe # echo $a
00C8E5F24C00 77

AIX bash...
# 7  
Old 11-10-2011
That worked..I guess there was some problem with the syntax :$
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