If you run this command #dpkg -L gedit
then it will show files , output will be line by line I need to store this ouput in variable and process it in for loop #LIST=`dpkg -L gedit` but when I echo it echo -e $LIST the newline is now shown, how to process such output so that newline remains in variable. anyother method. one solution can be dpkg -L gedit > somefile and then read file line by line, but I do not want disk operation. any bash expert ?? -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘ -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
