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# 1  
Old 06-24-2006
Data Redirect question
Hi,

I need some help to achive the follwoing task:
I have a file named test that contain the following line:
'Hellow world','good morning'

I want to attach the content of this file to a variable named var , and then rediarect it to a second file bamed test_new.
The result should look like this:

var='Hellow world','good morning'

Regards
# 2  
Old 06-24-2006
Your requirements are not clear to me.
Code:
cp test test_new

does what you ask instead of this which does what I think you said -
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
var=$(cat test)
echo "$var" > test_new

# 3  
Old 06-24-2006
Thanks Jim.
Its not what i meant but it help me .
Thanks Again.
Smilie
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