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Old 08-10-2015
Trouble with setting a variable with vastool
Hi I have this command that when put on the command line it returns the output the way I want it.

Code:
/opt/quest/bin/vastool list -a groups | grep testdev_li | grep dev | awk -F"[D:]" 'NF>2{print $2}' | cut -c2- | tr '\n' '|'

The output of this is

Code:
testdev_li2434|testdev_li4532|testdev_li2356|testdev_li2345

but when i try to set this to a variable, it gives me an error

Code:
tst=/opt/quest/bin/vastool list -a groups | grep abinitio_bi | grep developers | awk -F"[D:]" 'NF>2{print $2}' | cut -c2- | tr '\n' '|'

The error is this(name of the file is test.ksh)

Code:
test.ksh: line 3: list: not found

im kinda new to shell scripting so im not sure what to do
# 2  
Old 08-10-2015
You need to use command substitution:
Code:
var=$(commands)

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# 3  
Old 08-10-2015
I'd be surprised if grep dev would do anything after the grep testdev_li, and both could be incorporated into the awk command. Try
Code:
tst=$(/opt/quest/bin/vastool list -a groups | awk -F"[D:]" -vOFS="|" '/developers/ && /abinitio_bi/ && NF > 2 {print substr ($2,2)}')

If need be, add an END {printf "\n"} section.
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