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I'm not able to get the correct result form the following script

###########
#!/bin/sh
procs='ps -ef'
head='echo "$procs" | line'
echo "$head"
#############

Please advise
Best Regards

GY.

Quote:> echo "$head"

Obviously youre yousing the wrong quote "'" is used to escape a string
from shellexpantion, not really, what you intended to do.
Use "`" instead and itll work.

Or even better use $( command ) instead because it also allows nesting
commands.

HTH, Ralf.
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    You need to use the backticks, "`", instead of the forward ticks, "'",
to execute the commands.

#!/bin/sh
procs=`ps -ef`
head=`echo $procs | line`
echo $head

Thanks,
Eric

Quote:> Dear all

> I'm not able to get the correct result form the following script

> ###########
> #!/bin/sh
> procs='ps -ef'
> head='echo "$procs" | line'
> echo "$head"
> #############

> Please advise
> Best Regards

> GY.

`ps -ef` not 'ps -ef'; `echo "$procs" | line` not 'echo "$procs" | line'

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