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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 1999 18:49:53 -0500 (EST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To:        notme <notme@lvdi.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: read from file in csh or sh script
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990419184922.11384r-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <371BBC73.C03EDA12@lvdi.net>

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On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, notme wrote:

> Hi
>     Well, this is probably a stupid question, but can anyone please
> tell me (or give me a reference) the command for reading from a file
> to a variable in shell script. (csh or sh).
> (what I mean is kinda like the following in C++)
> 
> filehandle >> a_string_var;
> 
> Thank you in advance!

var=`cat file`;

-Alfred



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