Re: Passing the results of GREP into a Bash Variable

[Robert A. Adkins II]

Thanks,

    That actually looks a bit better than what I came up with. I had been
unaware that one could set a variable to use a command. Anyway, when I am
finished with what I am putting togethere I shall share it with everyone and
explain why I needed to put it together.

    Later,
        Rob Adkins

"Chris F.A. Johnson" wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Robert A. Adkins II wrote:
>
> > Okay,
> >
> >      Would I write the script as thus?
> >
> >     ps -e | GREPOUT=$(grep startx)
>
> GREPOUT=$(ps -e | grep startx)
>
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