BASH query

[Brian Fahrlander]

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dave selby wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need to set a BASH variable val to the contents of a small line of
> ASCII in a file called 'version',
> 
> ie something like ...
> 
> val=$(cat version)
> 
> except the above does not work !!

    I'll bet there are dozens of ways, but this should work:

    val=`cat version`

    (Those are back-ticks; on many keyboards it's near the "1" key.)
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