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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: 'c' shell scripts
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Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 23:11:44 EST
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I don't know if this is best, but I use the following to set a 
csh variable to the contents of a file:
	set x = `cat file`
Note that those are backquotes, and of course you can run anything in
there, even pipes.
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