that's a backtick. the command between the backticks is executed.
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Chris G Haravata wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Baquiran
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 9:30 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [plug] readiing a line from a file and putting that in a
> > variable
> >
> >
> > > Chris G Haravata wrote:
> > >
> > > haba ng subject line ano? :)
> > >
> > > anyway, the problem is this: i need to create a script which will
> > > automatically create user home directories from a file. but i need to
> > > read the file first from within the script. the file looks like the
> > > ff:
> > >
> > > /home/2000/abc-123455
> > > /home/1995/def-678901
> > > /home/2001/ghi-234567
> > > <etc until 1125 lines later>
> > >
> > > problem is: is there a command to use which will read each line of
> > > the file and put the contents of that line in a variable?
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> > for SOMEVAR in `cat somefile.txt`; do echo $SOMEVAR; done
> ^
> |
> what is this? tilde or apostrophe?
>
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