Re: [TCLUG:7556] bash programming basic

[Nathan Van Eps <mentat@go.cs.umn.edu>]

>Two questions on bash shell programming:
>
>1:	Any favorite references -- books that one shouldn't be without?
>
>2:	If a guy wanted to return the input from a command (such as 'date')
>to a script variable, what would be the best way to do it?  I seem to
>have hit a brain block on this one.  (I know -- it's a pretty newbie
>question.)

With "sh" you could do this:

VARIABLE=`date`

>If you could cc: any replies to me at mend0070@tc.umn.edu, I might get
>to strike while the iron's hot instead of waiting for the digest post to
>arrive.