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Shell store or return output of a command in a variable
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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 $?
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ret=$? return $ret Last edited by nixcraft; 06-07-2009 at 10:54 AM. 
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04-07-2009, 11:46 AM
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cmd1 ret=$? return $ret Code:
tar -zcvf /dev/st0 /home && echo "Backup done" || echo "Backup Failed" Quote:
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output=$(cmd1 2>&1) Code:
output=`command-name 2>&1`
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05-07-2009, 07:42 PM
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var=$(cmd1 2>&1) Code:
var=$(cmd1 2>&1 >/dev/null)
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