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   Henry Crun to David Meyer   
   Re: Capturing DCL output in symbol   
   10 May 25 10:56:14   
   
   From: mike@rechtman.com   
      
   On 10/05/2025 9:06, David Meyer wrote:   
   > Henry Crun  writes:   
   >   
   >> try e.g.   
   >> $ count=$( dir *.sh | wc -l )   
   >> $ echo $count   
   >> 25   
   >   
   > I get an undefined symbol error for \$\ on OpenVMS V8.3. Does your trick   
   > require a newer version of VMS?   
   >   
   Apologies!!   
   Ignore my post - I was in the wrong newssgroup.   
      
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