SHELL

save output of command to craible bash

password=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
echo $password

save output of command to variable bash

OUTPUT="$(ls -1)"
echo "${OUTPUT}"

MULTILINE=$(ls 
   -1)
echo "${MULTILINE}"

shell script store command output in variable

#Just use following structure to store output of command into a variable:
var=$(command)
#For example:
var=$(echo 'hi')	#store hi into var
var=$(ls)	#store list of files into var