LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/ex16.sh

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Bash

#!/bin/bash
a=23 # Simple case
echo $a
b=$a
echo $b
# Now, getting a little bit fancier (command substitution).
a=`echo Hello!` # Assigns result of 'echo' command to 'a' ...
echo $a
# Note that including an exclamation mark (!) within a
#+ command substitution construct will not work from the command-line,
#+ since this triggers the Bash "history mechanism."
# Inside a script, however, the history functions are disabled by default.
a=`ls -l` # Assigns result of 'ls -l' command to 'a'
echo $a # Unquoted, however, it removes tabs and newlines.
echo
echo "$a" # The quoted variable preserves whitespace.
# (See the chapter on "Quoting.")
exit 0