The following command (get process name) works for me
ps -q $$ -o comm=
bash
But once I try to assign to variable, it does not work
processname=ps -q $$ -o comm=
-q: command not found
Why is that?
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1https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/440088/what-is-command-substitution-in-a-shell you need to use command substitution if you want the command to be substituted by its output – erik258 Jan 27 '23 at 16:57