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How to get WHICH WHOAMI result into variable in CSH

I want to put WHICH WHOAMI result into variable in c shell. I know I can make it like this in bash:

x=$(which whoami)
echo $x

But I have no idea how to achieve this in c shell. Thanks in advance

Solution

  • As answered previously here on Stack Overflow you may use the backtick in combination with set or setenv. As such:

    set x = `which whoami`    # Ordinary variable
setenv x = `which whoami` # Environment variable

    Please use the search box in the top right corner of this very page next time, with a simple query like: "csh command output in variable" before posting a question.