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# 1  
Old 02-21-2007
displaying the last line of the file

hi...


i need to display the last line of the file and capture the line in to a variable in unix envt.(not the perl ones)... please help
# 2  
Old 02-21-2007
Code:
var=`tail -1 filename`
echo $var

# 3  
Old 02-21-2007
matrixmadhan got it right there is one more(from other so many)

Code:
var=`sed -n '$p' filename`
echo $var

# 4  
Old 02-21-2007
How's this:
Code:
while read line; do export var1="$line"; done < filename; echo $var1

If I'm not mistaken, no processes will be forked. Will work in ksh and bash.
# 5  
Old 02-21-2007
i would go for one more,

Code:
var=`awk 'END{ print }' filename`
echo $var

# 6  
Old 02-21-2007
capturing a command output to a variable

hai

thanks for the valuable replies...

got the result at the first one

i have one more query

if i have a word abcd|13

i need to capture 13 in a variable and write it in to a file...

i did tht using echo "abcd|13" | cut -d'|' -f2

but this just displays to the unix envt
how do i get tht in to a variable plz help
# 7  
Old 02-21-2007
Code:
a='abcd|13'
var=`echo $a | cut -d'|' -f2`
echo $var

same as before Smilie
 
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