how to same the output value to respective variables

Question

the variables line,word,char dont get value!

line= wc -l < $*
word= wc -w < $*
char= wc -m < $*
echo "Number of characters in test.txt is $char"
echo "Number of words in test.txt is $word"
echo "Number of lines in test.txt is $line"

Answer 1

You have to wrap the command in $():

line=$(wc -l < $1)