worldcyclist@gmail.com wrote:
> I guess my question is how do I accomplish this....
> ($MODEL, $COLOR, $YEAR) = `./return_car_values $1`
I don't think you can do that directly with sh, however you can have those
values assigned as positional parameters, eg (assuming return_car_values.pl
returns "model1 red 2005")
ret=`return_car_values.pl`
eval set -- "$ret"
# now $1, $2 and $3 are set to "model1", "red" and "2005" respectively
--
All the commands are tested with bash and GNU tools, so they may use
nonstandard features. I try to mention when something is nonstandard (if
I'm aware of that), but I may miss something. Corrections are welcome.