Thanks to Mark McManus and Aleksey Tsalolikhin. Mark gave me the next best thing (which I actually knew but I swear I heard there was a variable that would do what I mentioned, oh well). input_size=`wc -l $INPUT_FILE | awk '{print $1}'` Thanks. ~JK Jeff Kennedy wrote: > > What is the variable that stores the output of the previous command? > > For example, I am trying to run > > wc -l $INPUT_FILE > if [ <special variable> -le 24 ] > then > split -l 24 $INPUT_FILE > $COMMAND < $INPUT_FILE > else > $COMMAND < $INPUT_FILE > fi > > What is the "special variable"? I am almost positive it exists but I > can't find it anywhere in my scripting book. Also, can anyone recommend > a really good scripting book for advanced beginner level? The one I > have is "UNIX Shell Programming - Revised Edition". > > Thanks. > > -- > ===================== > Jeff Kennedy > Unix Administrator > AMCC > jlkennedy@amcc.com -- ===================== Jeff Kennedy Unix Administrator AMCC jlkennedy@amcc.comReceived on Tue Nov 20 01:45:26 2001
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