Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!pasteur!agate!saturn!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!smileyf From: smileyf@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Shutoku Shia) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: sh(1) command substitution and here documents Message-ID: <3921@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: 26 Jun 88 01:15:20 GMT References: <1254@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> <200@elgar.UUCP> <3920@saturn.ucsc.edu> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: smileyf@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Shutoku Shia) Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; CATS Lines: 17 In article <3920@saturn.ucsc.edu> smileyf@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Shutoku Shia) writes: >one other soln. is (instead of using here doc): > >#!/bin/sh >float_var=`echo "scale = 4; 3/4" | bc"` - I made a mistake here .. there should be no double quote following bc. Shutoku Shia ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Bitnet: smileyf@ucscf.bitnet | formerly in | | Internet: smileyf@ucscf.UCSC.EDU | Dept. of Cmp. & Info. Sci. | | Arpanet: smileyf@ucscf.UCSC.EDU | Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz | | Uucp: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscf!smileyf | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------