Csh shell

[Carme Torca]

Hello,

I'm trying to put the value of a command to a variable, but I don't know how to make it.

In Ksh shell I do: var=$(date), but at the csh shell: set var=$(date), it's wrong....

Could anyone help me???

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

set
set name=word
set name[index]=word
set name=(wordlist)
The first form of set shows the value of all shell
variables. Variables whose value is other than a single
word print as a parenthesized word list. The second form
sets name to the null string. The third form sets name to
the single word. The fourth form sets the indexth component
of name to word; this component must already exist. The
final form sets name to the list of words in wordlist. In
all cases the value is command and file-name expanded.

These arguments can be repeated to set multiple values in a
single set command. Note, however, that variable expansion
happens for all arguments before any setting occurs

[Graham Forecast · Accepted solution]

Hi Carme,

try set var=`date`

[Stefan Schulz]

Hi,

it is pretty simple. You have to include the command in single backticks. Like in the following example. Note the different single quotes.

set datum = `date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'`

Hope this helps. Stefan