Set bash variable to contain the output of command or process. Store process stdout

By neokrates, written on May 7, 2010

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vat=$(my command)

Example: Store the output of which firefox and complain if no firefox installed.

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  res=$(which firefox)
  if [ "" = "$res" ]; then
    echo "No firefox found"
    exit -1
  fi



Another way:
vat=`my command`

like:

  res=`which firefox`
 
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