use perl:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open FILE, "<abc.txt";
while ($line = <FILE>) {
print $line;
}
close FILE;
Here $line is your variable
--- rinkal patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Need some help...
>
> ->. Does anybody know to extract a single line and
> store it in a variable thorough shell
> command.....Plz
> tell me...
>
> ->. I had gone through the shell tutorial and found
> may commands..like cat, head, tail...also i used
> awk...but none of them had a facility of storing the
> result in a variable...
>
> ->. the above commands displayed the result on the
> console. but i dont know how to store it in a
> variable...
>
> Plz ..reply me.....
>
> thanks..
>
>
>
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