How do i echo the output of a unix command using shell script???
Like:
echo /etc/ ls -l
I am a little confused as to what you're really trying to do. But assuming you want to display the output of a command via a shell script, here's what you should do:
Create a script, say test.sh, with the following contents:
#!/bin/bash
ls -l
The code snippet above assumes you are using the bash shell. For other shells you need to find the path to them (for ksh, it should be /bin/ksh ).
Give the script permissions to execute:
chmod 755 test.sh
Then run the script:
./test.sh
You should see displayed the output of the ls -l command in your screen.
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Hope it helps.