Linux Shell scripting: Storing the output of a command line program

Question

The following command returns 2 lines and those are the temperatures of my CPU's:

acpi -t

How would I go about storing those 2 lines in a variable in a bash script so I can work with them?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '14 at 20:57

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Did u try this ?

var=$(acpi -t)

answered Nov 15 '14 at 20:57

RBH

yep that does not work. returns: ./temp.sh: line 2: =Thermal: command not found – Reginald Prime ate Nov 17 '14 at 00:45
Use the full path to `acpi`, e.g. `/usr/bin/acpi`. – David C. Rankin Nov 17 '14 at 02:39
make sure you don't leave space after `=` for eg: `var= $(acpi -t)` – RBH Nov 17 '14 at 17:46

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