how2 shell cmd into variable

jwzumwalt · December 30, 2008, 4:47pm

How do I place the result of a shell command into a variable. I would like to save the pwd in $DIR. I tried...

pwd | $DIR
$DIR < pwd
DIR=pwd

thanks! jz

cfajohnson · December 30, 2008, 4:52pm

DIR=$( pwd )

However, you don't need to do that as the current directory is stored in $PWD:

DIR=$PWD

jwzumwalt · December 30, 2008, 4:57pm

Thanks, I knew I had something small biting me in the rump