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How about XYZ=`...|cut -f8- -d&quot;;&quot;` ?
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you could also use the following syntax instead of using 'read'<br />
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XYZ=&quot;$(...|cut ...)&quot;
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you could also use the following syntax instead of using 'read'

XYZ="$(...|cut ...)"

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mliberi,<br />
<br />
cool, this was exactly, what I needed!!!<br />
<br />
Thank you VERY much<br />
Michael
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mliberi,

cool, this was exactly, what I needed!!!

Thank you VERY much
Michael

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Hi!<br />
<br />
this all in ksh!!!<br />
<br />
think of something like<br />
...|cut -f8- -d&quot;;&quot;<br />
now I want something like<br />
...|cut -f8- -d&quot;;&quot;|read XYZ<br />
echo &quot;$XYZ&quot;<br />
<br />
The problem is, that leading spaces are ignored by &quot;read&quot;!<br />
What read does wrong, export does right!<br />
<br />
export XYZ=&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp; 123&quot;<br />
echo &quot;$XYZ&quot; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;123<br />
<br />
So I want to pipe into export!<br />
How can I solve this??<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
Witty<br />
<br />

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Hi!

this all in ksh!!!

think of something like
...|cut -f8- -d";"
now I want something like
...|cut -f8- -d";"|read XYZ
echo "$XYZ"

The problem is, that leading spaces are ignored by "read"!
What read does wrong, export does right!

export XYZ="     123"
echo "$XYZ" 
     123

So I want to pipe into export!
How can I solve this??

Thanks
Witty



get leading spaces into EnvVar

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