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[SOLVED] Code does not run when assigned to a variable

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http://www.unix.com – I am more of a newbie, but wanted to post this in this forum as I was afraid no one would look at it in unix forums as it concerns shell scripting. I have a shell script that now runs fine with the exclusion of one line: x=`su nbadmin -c "ssh -t servery /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bplist -C servery -t 19 -l -R -s 11/01/2012 -e 11/01/2012 /vol/root/"`;echo "$x"This command will run and ssh to the server. It prints out /vol/root after it sshs to servery. However, it does not print out a list of the contents of /vol/root. However, if I run the command WITHOUT assigning it to (HowTos)

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Submitted by suki on 12/01/2012

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