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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
To: notme <notme@lvdi.net>
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Subject: Re: read from file in csh or sh script
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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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