On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 08:41:01AM -0000, Vidhata Deshpande wrote: > How can I access the exit code and assign the exit code value to a > variable. > I tried using the command > var=`ping -c1 -w3 202.54.1.30` > echo $var
try ping -c1 -w3 202.54.1.30 var=$? echo $var HTH With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] +91-98213-11906 +91-22-56919423 -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

