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orestiss
orestiss

Reputation: 2283

Use the result of a command

How do I use the result of a command from the terminal?

e.g. lets say I use locate to find the path of a file. 

locate -br ^filename.c$

can I write something like:

vim (locate -br ^filename.c$)

to directly open the file with vim?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

DevSolar
DevSolar

Reputation: 70223

It's called command substitution:

vim $(locate -br ^filename.c$)

Older syntax, less recognizable and thus not encouraged:

vim `locate -br ^filename.c$`

Upvotes: 3

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