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    Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide:

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    (varsubn.html) Chapter 4. Introduction to Variables and Parameters (untyped.html)

    4.2. Variable Assignment


    =
    the assignment operator (no space before and after)
    Do not confuse this with = (comparison-ops.html#EQUALSIGNREF) and -eq
    (comparison-ops.html#EQUALREF), which test (tests.html#IFTHEN), rather than
    assign!
    Note that = can be either an assignment or a test operator, depending on context.

    Example 4-2. Plain Variable Assignment


    #!/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 4-3. Variable Assignment, plain and fancy


    #!/bin/bash

    a=23 # Simple case


    echo $a
    b=$a
    echo $b

    # Now, getting a little bit fancier (command substitution).

    a=`echo Hello!` # Assigns result of 'echo' command to 'a' ...


    echo $a
    # Note that including an exclamation mark (!) within a
    #+ command substitution construct will not work from the command-line,
    #+ since this triggers the Bash "history mechanism."
    # Inside a script, however, the history functions are disabled by default.

    a=`ls -l` # Assigns result of 'ls -l' command to 'a'


    echo $a # Unquoted, however, it removes tabs and newlines.
    echo
    echo "$a" # The quoted variable preserves whitespace.
    # (See the chapter on "Quoting.")

    exit 0

    Variable assignment using the $(...) mechanism (a newer method than backquotes
    (commandsub.html#BACKQUOTESREF)). This is likewise a form of command
    substitution (commandsub.html#COMMANDSUBREF).

    # From /etc/rc.d/rc.local
    R=$(cat /etc/redhat-release)
    arch=$(uname -m)

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