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Old 11-06-2006
Read variable from file in a C shell script
Hi,
I have a 1-line file which looks like " First second third 4 five". I need to extract the number (here 4) in that line and put it in a variable. I will use the variable later to make few tests in my C shell script.

Can somebody help me?
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Old 11-06-2006
use awk ------

#!/bin/csh
MY_VARIABLE=`awk '{print $4}' fname`

where fname contains the pattern "First second third 4 five"
kamitsin
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Old 11-07-2006
Within csh, assignment starts with set keyword.
Code:
#!/bin/csh
set MY_VARIABLE=`awk '{print $4}' fname`

Jean-Pierre.
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