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Read value to a variable in shell script [message #98583] Mon, 17 January 2005 10:17 Go to next message
Pinki
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Registered: September 2004
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There is a date value stored in a file temp.txt and the value is 20041115
I was wondering how to read this value to a variable in a shell script?
Let's say the variable olddate in shell script test.sh should be
olddate = 20041115
This olddate variable should read this value from temp.txt
Re: Read value to a variable in shell script [message #98584 is a reply to message #98583] Mon, 17 January 2005 16:38 Go to previous message
Jai Vrat
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Registered: June 2004
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OLDDATE=`cat temp.txt 2>/dev/null`
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