Re: an off topic question

From: Lew Pitcher (Lew.Pitcher_at_td.com)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:24:59 GMT

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:10:43 -0000, "Darren" <foo.bar@world.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>VERY sorry to post here....
>
>but i am writing a batch file in windows using cygwin's grep, and need to
>know who to do:
>
>set var = grep NOTE *.txt
>
>in other words the VALUE of grep NOTE *.txt to be equal to the variable var.

This isn't very clear.

Do you mean that you want
a) the results of "grep NOTE *.txt" to be replaced by the value of $var?
   (that's the way your description reads to me)
b) $var to contain, as it's value, the string "grep NOTE *.txt"?, or
c) $var to contain, as it's value, the results of "grep NOTE *.txt"?

If you mean (a), then I can't help you

If you mean (b), then
  var="grep NOTE *.txt"
will do it

If you mean (c), then
  var=`grep NOTE *.txt`
will do it

If you mean something else, please explain.

[snip] 

-- 
Lew Pitcher
IT Consultant, Enterprise Technology Solutions
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')

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