How can I store the output of an awk command as a bash script variable? [duplicate]

April 3, 2019, 6:14 am

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When operating in the linux terminal I can enter the following: command

''' awk 'FNR==1 {print$5}' SNextractedstats.txt '''

To display the value in the first row and fifth column of a text file.

I would like to be able to save this value as a variable in a bash script to be able to do sums and call using Echo, how would I go about doing this? Thank you

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