# Initialize a variable

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/initialize-a-variable/245632>\
**Category:** Shell Programming and Scripting\
**Created:** [July 27, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/initialize-a-variable/245632 "2009-07-27T10:40:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shazin](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/shazin/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Shazin](https://community.unix.com/u/Shazin)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/initialize-a-variable/245632/1 "2009-07-27T10:40:01Z")

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Hi All,

Please can you advise on how can I initialize a variable with a line.

Suppose i want to initialize x with line redirects.www.virginatlantic.com.conf

Best Regards,  
Shazin

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**Author:** ![zaxxon](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/zaxxon/32/660_2.png) [@zaxxon](https://community.unix.com/u/zaxxon)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/initialize-a-variable/245632/2 "2009-07-27T11:05:49Z")

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Hard to hold off...

[http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ch02sec03.html](http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/ch02sec03.html)

Generally you should start looking into the whole tutorial maybe.