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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2.  
  3. variable=$(
  4.   echo "moo"
  5.   nosuchcommand || echo "this did not work out so well"
  6.   nosuchcommand_either
  7.   ls -l /usr/share/words >&2
  8.   echo "*** bar ***")
  9.  
  10. echo "$variable"
  11.  
Success #stdin #stdout #stderr 0s 5028KB
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Standard input is empty
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moo
this did not work out so well
*** bar ***
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./prog.sh: line 10: nosuchcommand: command not found
./prog.sh: line 11: nosuchcommand_either: command not found
ls: cannot access /usr/share/words: No such file or directory
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4651437/how-to-set-a-variable-equal-to-the-output-from-a-command-in-bash/30579743?noredirect=1#comment56760413_30579743
language:
Bash (bash 5.0.3)
created:
8 years ago
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