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From: David Meyer <papa@sdf.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Capturing DCL output in symbol
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 15:06:44 +0900
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Henry Crun <mike@rechtman.com> writes:

> try e.g.
> $ count=$( dir *.sh | wc -l )
> $ echo $count
> 25

I get an undefined symbol error for \$\ on OpenVMS V8.3. Does your trick
require a newer version of VMS?

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David Meyer
Takarazuka, Japan
papa@sdf.org