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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:46:13 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet AT nike DOT ins DOT cwru DOT edu>
To: JROZYCKI AT ebmail DOT gdeb DOT com
Subject: Re: Question about the 'read' command in bash
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, chet AT po DOT cwru DOT edu
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X-In-Reply-To:  Message from JROZYCKI AT ebmail DOT gdeb DOT com of Thu, 10 May 2001 15:27:04 -0400 (id <85256A48 DOT 006A6FF5 DOT 00 AT ebmail DOT gdeb DOT com>)

> 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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( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet)

Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet AT po DOT CWRU DOT Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/

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