Running a script inside another script

Question

I am trying a run a script inside another script as below:

$a="$(sh test_part.sh /AB/pass_file.txt)"
echo $a

Now sh test_part.sh /AB/pass_file.txt returns an output like below:

ABD
SDFDR
TDFDG
DGFKFH

I want to store that in the variable $a as it is. With my current script I am getting below error:

test_part.sh: line 2: $'=ABD\nSDFDR\nTDFDG\nDGFKFH': command not found

Siva · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-03 10:53:17Z

7

You should not have $ prefix while declaring a variable in the shell.

Try as

a="$(sh test_part.sh /AB/pass_file.txt)"
echo "$a"

or

a=($(sh test_part.sh /AB/pass_file.txt))
echo "${a[@]}"

answered Sep 3, 2019 at 10:53

Siva

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