setting a variable output from a bash command

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This is a script that I'm using:

#!/bin/bash

VAR1="$1"    
MOREF='sudo run command against $VAR1 | grep name | cut -c7-'

echo $MOREF

When I execute it and pass the required arguments, there is no output coming out. But if I execute it within the $MOREF variable, I do get the output. I just want to get the results of the command, save it to a variable and then print it out on the screen.

Feb 15, 2019 in Linux Administration by Damon Salvatore
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1 answer to this question.

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You can use $(command), which in my opinion is easier to read than using backticks, and also allow nesting.

OUTPUT="$(ls -1)"
echo "${OUTPUT}"

MULTILINE=$(ls \
   -1)
echo "${MULTILINE}"

Quoting (") does matter to preserve multi-line values.

answered Feb 15, 2019 by DareDev
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