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Old 12-04-2007
assigning variables from standard output

What am I doing wrong? I was searching for the answer to assigning variables from output. I found this simple response

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ls -l apply_want.m | read perms links owner group size mtime1 mtime2 mtime3 file
this should allow me to echo the variables

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echo "$perms | $links | $owner | $group | $size | $mtime1 $mtime2 $mtime3 | $file"
however when I do this check that variables are correctly assigned output is this:

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 |  |  |  |  |    |
which is very different from what I expect.. why are the variables not assigned?

I am using SUSE 10.2.

Many thanks.

Adam
# 2  
Old 12-04-2007
Code:
ls -l apply_want.m|{ read perms links owner group size mtime1 mtime2 mtime3 file
echo "$perms | $links | $owner | $group | $size | $mtime1 $mtime2 $mtime3 | $file";}

or:

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read perms links owner group size mtime1 mtime2 mtime3 file< <(ls -l apply_want.m)
echo "$perms | $links | $owner | $group | $size | $mtime1 $mtime2 $mtime3 | $file"

# 3  
Old 12-04-2007
thank you

now with them two bits of info I should be able to sort the rest of this.

Adam
 
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