Re: bash scripting q
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On 09/27/06 18:51, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On my way to elapsed time in a bash script, I created the do_chrono
> command. It pumps the elapsed time to stdout.
>
> So if I do:
>
> a=do_chrono
>
> and then:
>
> $a
>
> I get: 0:3:19.
>
> Problem: I can't use that $a anywhere, e.g. if I say:
>
> echo $a
>
> I would expect to see 0:3:19 again, but I don't, it says
>
> do_chrono
>
>
> How do I use that $a in command parameters, like logger?
how about
b=`$a`
echo $b
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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