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Old 11-26-2013
Getting output from a file similar to cat output
I have a file

Code:
# cat /root/llll
11
22
33
44

When I cat this file content to a variable inside a shell script and echo that shell script, it does not show up as separate lines. I need echo output similar to cat.

Code:
cat /root/shell_script.sh
#!/bin/bash

var=`cat /root/llll`
echo $var

Code:
# sh /root/shell_script.sh
11 22 33 44

# 2  
Old 11-26-2013
Change:
Code:
echo $var

to:
Code:
echo "$var"

This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
anil510
# 3  
Old 11-26-2013
Thanks Don
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