On Wednesday 27 December 2006 16:09, Jeffery Fernandez wrote: > ... > > cool idea.. I made it a bit more dynamic with the following: > > #!/bin/bash > powered=`cat /etc/SuSE-release | head -n 1`
We need to nip these "cat piped to" things in the bud. Here's the more succint, more efficient equivalent: powered="$(head -n 1 /etc/SuSE-release)" Very few command-line programs read only from the standard input, not accepting a file name, and in those cases, you just want to use ordinary "less-than" redirection: variable="$(commandThatOnlyReadsStandardInput < fileName)" > ... Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
