How Do You Assign a Value to a Variable in Unix?
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How do you set a value to a variable in UNIX?

Unix / Linux – Using Shell Variables

  1. Defining Variables. Variables are defined as follows − variable_name=variable_value. …
  2. Accessing Values. To access the value stored in a variable, prefix its name with the dollar sign ($) − …
  3. Read-only Variables. …
  4. Unsetting Variables.

How do you set a value to a variable in Linux?

To store the output of a command in a variable, you can use the shell command substitution feature in the forms below: variable_name=$(command) variable_name=$(command [option …] arg1 arg2 …) OR variable_name=’command’ variable_name=’command [option …] arg1 arg2 …’

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