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Old 07-11-2005
how to assign a path to a variable
Hi,

good morning...

I would like to know, how to assign a path to a variable and how to retrieve the same

for eg

to assign

a= "/data/logs/xxx/yyyy"

to retrieve $a

is this correct???

pls rectify
# 2  
Old 07-11-2005
Do it like this.


Code:
a="/data/logs/xxx/yyyy"
echo "$a"

If it is PATH, then
Code:
a=$(echo $PATH)
echo "$a"

vino
# 3  
Old 07-11-2005
its working
ya the path setting is working
 
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