Hi! I'm new here!
I'm just starting to learn sh scripts, and i have a question: how can i assing the result of this command "gconftool-2 --get /apps/panel/global/locked_down" to a variable ... is that possible?? ...if yes, i'd really appreciate to know how! 
thanks!
(sorry for my english, i am from Italy XD)
VAR=$(gconftool-2 --get /apps/panel/global/locked_down)
echo $VAR
Thanks a lot! You really helped me!!