how to get the variable into string..

[Ramana.Sv]

hai, when i use this command
echo$HOME i got the home sirectory name,

i want the to get the home directory name into string. how can i get this. please


Thank you,
Ramana

[Oviwan]

you can use $HOME itself
or
newvariable=$(echo $HOME)

p.s. I have assigned points to 7 of 43 responses to my questions. don't forget to assign points, also in your other threads.

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

shell_variable="$HOME"

[James R. Ferguson]

HI Ramana:

# S=`echo ${HOME}`
# echo ${S}

...or, preferred by many:

# S=$(echo ${HOME})
# echo ${S}

Regards!

...JRF...

[Dennis Handly]

If you are going to ask questions about shell scripting, you should really keep things neat and tidy by posting in the HP-UX languages and scripting forum. This also keeps the riffraff from confusing you. ;-)

More details. Shell variables can be strings or integers. In most cases the shell will do the right thing. You can use typeset -i to force it to be an integer, for improved performance.