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From: jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Parameter expansion on program output in KSH
Summary: Is it possible to use parameter expansion on program output w/o assigning a var?
Keywords: KSH parameter expansion program output possible notation
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Date: 16 Apr 91 02:34:54 GMT
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Is it possible to use parameter expansion on program output w/o assigning
a variable first?  For example, is it possible to say something to the
effect of:

print ${$(hostname)%%.*}

instead of:

HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
print ${HOSTNAME%%.*}

Thanks.

Jeff
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