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[Shell] Run and understand command substitution output

created-2026/01/02 updated-2026/03/24

Introduction

This repository uses the shell’s command substitution functionality to obtain and display the output of a shell script.

Commands that need to be installed

  1. git

Quickstart

If you have already installed the above commands, run the following command to download them from the repository, change directories, and use shell command substitution to display the output of the shell script.

ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Output results
output:hello shell world

macos

MacPorts

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Output results
output:hello shell world

windows

WSL2

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Output results
output:hello shell world

MSYS2 MINGW64

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Output results
output:hello shell world

Procedure

ubuntu

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Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

git --version

preinstall

Please install the command that shows “command not found” in the terminal using the following command.

sudo apt install git

command

Executing the following command in the terminal should output a string similar to the following:

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Detail
output:hello shell world

macos

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git --version

*MacOS uses the MacPorts package manager to manage commands. If you haven’t installed it yet, please refer to the MacPorts installation instructions at the link below. Also, set an alias for the command so that you can call the command without conflicting with the existing environment. If you are using this blog for the first time, please refer to the following two articles to set up your environment.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, install it using the following command and set an alias.

sudo port install git
echo 'alias git="/opt/local/bin/git"' >> ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

command

Executing the following command in the terminal should output a string similar to the following:

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Detail
output:hello shell world

windows

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the prompt and if command not found does not appear, it’s OK.

WSL2
git --version
MSYS2 MINGW64
git --version

*Windows has been confirmed to work with WSL2 and MSYS2 MINGW64. Please install WSL2 if possible, and if you are unable to set it up, you can run it by installing MSYS2, but there may be some commands that can only be run in WSL2. Please refer to the following article for instructions on how to install WSL2 and MSYS2.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the prompt, please install it using the following command.

WSL2
sudo apt install git
MSYS2 MINGW64
pacman --sync git

command

By executing the following command at the prompt, you should get the following output:

WSL2
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Detail
output:hello shell world
MSYS2 MINGW64
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/shell_command-substitution
cd shell_command-substitution
cat start_shell_command-substitution.sh
cat test.sh
chmod 744 start_shell_command-substitution.sh
chmod 744 test.sh
./start_shell_command-substitution.sh
Detail
output:hello shell world

Afterword

You can use command substitution in everyday commands like this:

output=$(ls)
echo "$output"

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