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Hi,
Does anyone know of a way to store the output of a DS command to a
variable.
type file.txt %var%
I want the value of variable %var% to be the output of the 'type file.txt'
command.
I tried redirecting the output with | and but no luck.
Thanks,
No.1 | | 739 bytes | |

If you have the original DS (scriptable) line editor or SED or PERL:

Put the output into a file, edit the file as a batch file and
run the batch file.

pipe commands go to files, not variables

only on Burroughs machines did I ever see variables and files be
interchangeable (on B7900 ALGL a file was an araay and an array was a file)

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No.2 | | 769 bytes | |
JRS: In article <-YKdnaqwKY32PGveRVn-pQ@comcast.com>, dated Fri, 17 Feb
2006 22:26:59 remote, seen in news:alt.msdos.programmer, Al Wilkerson
<ac527@comcast.netposted :
>Does anyone know of a way to store the output of a DS command to a
>variable.
>
>type file.txt %var%
>
>I want the value of variable %var% to be the output of the 'type file.txt'
>command.

type file.txt | STW var

will store the first line. STW via sig line 3 below.

If you cannot use imports, you can use QBasic to generate from file.txt
another file $$$.bat containing set var=FirstLine and then
execute that.

It's just possible that an EDLIN script could do it too.
No.3 | | 106 bytes | |
Al Wilkerson wrote:
Does anyone know of a way to store the output of a DS command
to a variable?
No.4 | | 530 bytes | |
Thanks to all, I found a way to do what I need, just using the standard FR
loop.

Al
"Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.cawrote in message
news:dt9tnj$gjq$5@News.Dal.Ca
Al Wilkerson wrote:
>
>Does anyone know of a way to store the output of a DS command
>to a variable?
>--
>Al
>
XSET can do that. A link is at:

http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DS/Websites.html

Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DS/

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