I'm trying to set a variable to the output of a command.
This is what the comand output to the display looks like:
/>hciconndump -v TOsiu
Dump of connection(s): TOsiu
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Process: A60Tsiu Connection: TOsiu
EO Proc:
EO Config:
EO Msg:
Groups:
Data Type: frl Options: AUTO
RecoverDb: Yes Hold: No SendOnly: Yes
Disk msgs: No
Save Msgs: in: No Inbound File: TRsogaITS
out: Yes Outbound File: TOsiu
Comm Type: pdl-tcpip
Mode: Client Port: 18001 Host: 131.230.236.21
Reconnect: Yes Reopen: 5
PDL: mlp_tcp.pdl
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When I set my variable equal to the results of this command all the NL in the output are apparently lost. I want to preserve the output in my variable exactly as it is displayed on the screen so that I can ECHO it later and it looks correct.
/>myvar=`hciconndump -v TOsiu`
hsdvim1b@hci (/qdxtest/qdx5.4/integrator/msjsf2)
/>echo $myvar
Dump of connection(s): TOsiu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Process: A60Tsiu Connection: TOsiu EO Proc: EO Config: EO Msg: Groups: Data Type: frl Options: AUTO RecoverDb: Yes Hold: No SendOnly: Yes Disk msgs: No Save Msgs: in: No Inbound File: TRsogaITS out: Yes Outbound File: TOsiu Comm Type: pdl-tcpip Mode: Client Port: 18001 Host: 131.230.236.21 Reconnect: Yes Reopen: 5 PDL: mlp_tcp.pdl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Is there a way to tell Unix Ksh to preserve the NL when assigning command output to a variable?
Thanks!
Troy