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Re: Question about the 'read' command in bash
- To: JROZYCKI at ebmail dot gdeb dot com
- Subject: Re: Question about the 'read' command in bash
- From: Chet Ramey <chet at nike dot ins dot cwru dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:46:13 -0400
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com, chet at po dot cwru dot edu
- Read-Receipt-To: chet@po.CWRU.Edu
- Reply-To: chet at po dot CWRU dot Edu
> I have a bash shell script with the following lines of code:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> uname | cut -c1-4 | read op_sys
> echo $op_sys
>
> This works fine at work using SGI IRIX and ksh, but under cygwin and bash
> at home, op_sys does not get set - null is echoed.. what do I need to do
> differently?
Read the Bash FAQ, question E4.
ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/FAQ
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Chet Ramey, CWRU chet@po.CWRU.Edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
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