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Date:      Sat, 31 Jan 2004 05:27:51 -0600
From:      Quintin Riis <webmaster@countrypure.net>
To:        "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Redirect text from stdout to a variable?
Message-ID:  <401B9137.70203@countrypure.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040131035740.07828af0@209.152.117.178>
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In Bourne shell:

blah=$(something | something)
blah2=`blah -K 2 -z`

		Quintin

W. D. wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> Is it possible to redirect text from stdout to a variable?
> 
> I do something like this and get the output on the screen:
> 
> echo "Some Text to be Encrypted" | /usr/local/bin/gpg -a --always-trust --batch --no-secmem-warning -e -u "GPG Tester " -r "SomeDude@TheDudesDomain.com"
> 
> 
> 
> Most sites advise to do something like this if using PHP:
> 
> $cmd = "echo $msg | $gpg --batch --no-secmem-warn --armor --home $home_dir \
>  -u $fm --default-key $fm -r $to --encrypt --sign";
> 
> $message_body = `$cmd`;
> 
> mail($to,'Web Site Order',$message_body);
> 
> However, "safe mode" is on, and won't let me do it.  Any ideas?
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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