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I am trying to write a script for Novell ZenWorks scripting image that will take the return from
zisview -z ComputerName
zisview -z ObjectDN

into
$CN
$DN

my attempts so far have constantly failed. When I used '$?' after each command, it only returns '1' rather than the actual string I need.

any ideas on how to go about this?

Assuming those commands write something to stdout (part of what shows up in the terminal when you run a command, along with stderr), you can just capture that directly:

$? gives you the "exit status" of a program, so-to-speak. Typically, 0 is returned if everything goes well, and anything else indicates an error (sometimes specific values are tied to specific types of errors). Since you are getting 1 back, it might not be executing correctly.

note that it's considered better to use the newer $(...) syntax rather than backquotes like so;

Tried that this morning with no luck. I used both ` and ' to make sure I wasn't missing anything
Enclosed with ` it returned the commands when I echo'ed it
Enclosed with ' it returned an empty string when echo'ed

FYI: I am using Novell ZENworks as the bash environment

Thanks for the help

Still echoes an empty string

Well, that's confusing as hell. What's a ZenWorks "scripting image"? What happens when you redirect the output to a file? Like:

or just

and cat the file:


- thobbs

got it



Thanks everyone