Thread: [Solved] Shell store or return output of a command in a variable

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Old 04-07-2009, 11:40 AM
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Default Shell store or return output of a command in a variable
I can store command output using $(cmd) or `cmd`. But how do get stdout+stderr in a variable? Also, some script has $?
Code:
ret=$?
return $ret
ret stores $? but why?
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