Hi,
I'm back!
Ok, I'm trying to use a variable with a value of a unix command.
So when I try a=`ls`, then echo $a I get the correct answer.
But when I try it with a pipe:
a=`ls | wc -c`, then echo $a I get:
filename: a: command not found
I've tried so many ways I presumme it's the pipe that is confusing things.
Please help, or di I need to try things a different way?
Thanks.
theA