How to pass Unix output into progress code as variable

Question

For ex:

Def var l_output as character.

Unix silent value(file filename | awk '{print $2}').

Output will be like format of filename i.e ascii, so now I need to return this value in a variable l_output??

Pls someone help me to sort this out. Thanks

Answer 1

Please use the INPUT THROUGH VALUE (your Unix statement).

This opens a stream for the output of the OS Command. Then

REPEAT:
  IMPORT l_output.
  MESSAGE l_output.
END.