bash - How to save the result of grep to variable x? -
#!/bin/bash in *.pdf; echo $i x= pdfinfo "$i" | grep "title" # nothing stored in variable x echo $x if [ ! -z $x ]; echo $x # print null cp $i "$x" fi done
nothing stored in variable x
— why not , how do it.
add parentheses or backquotes:
x=$(pdfinfo "$i" | grep "title")
or
x=`pdfinfo "$i" | grep "title"`
note latter solution should avoided now, historical way of doing , replaced $(...)
. $(...)
solution more readable in particular in case of nested substitutions.
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