bash how use variable into command code example
Example 1: assign a variable in bash
#!/bin/bash
# Naked variables
echo
# When is a variable "naked", i.e., lacking the '$' in front?
# When it is being assigned, rather than referenced.
# Assignment
a=879
echo "The value of \"a\" is $a."
# Assignment using 'let'
let a=16+5
echo "The value of \"a\" is now $a."
echo
# In a 'for' loop (really, a type of disguised assignment):
echo -n "Values of \"a\" in the loop are: "
for a in 7 8 9 11
do
echo -n "$a "
done
echo
echo
# In a 'read' statement (also a type of assignment):
echo -n "Enter \"a\" "
read a
echo "The value of \"a\" is now $a."
echo
exit 0
Example 2: bash command in variable
#Just use following structure to store output of command into a variable:
var=$(command)
#For example:
var=$(echo 'hi') #store hi into var
var=$(ls) #store list of files into var