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Old 07-30-2012
set varibale to be output of a command
Hi there! Smilie
How to set varibale to be output of a command in csh.
I was using
Code:
set i="date+'%y%m%d'"

but the output is date+'%y%m%d' and without quites and with a single quote the output is the same Smilie Smilie

Thanks in advance
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Old 07-30-2012
Hi.

Use back-quotes.

i.e.
Code:
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott% echo $0
csh
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott% set X=`date '+%y'`
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott% echo $X
12
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott%

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Old 07-30-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott
Hi.

Use back-quotes.

i.e.
Code:
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott% echo $0
csh
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott% set X=`date '+%y'`
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott% echo $X
12
[Scotts-MBP:~] scott%

Thanks a lot this works!!!! Smilie
 
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