On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 03:24:39PM +0000, analyz.oh_at_netzero.net wrote:
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> If I have a HTTP response header sent to me from a server such as:
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> X-var: datadescription
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> and I wish to assign this to a variable, what syntax should I be using when I specify:
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> "vname = X-var" on the command line?
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> I have tried many different things that do not transfer the contents of X-var into the variable (vname).
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> Any help is much appreciated!

Assuming a Bourne shell, how about:

vname=`curl -s -I http://example.com/ | grep -i ^X-var: | cut -d" " -f2-`

>>> Dan

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