Re-direct to where?  You could redirect it to a file like date >& date.txt.
Pipes are not always used for re-directs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-mac68k-owner@netbsd.org
> [mailto:port-mac68k-owner@netbsd.org]On Behalf Of Jean-Francois Fortier
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 11:15 AM
> To: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
> Subject: shell script
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>     Excuse me , I know it's not mac68k specific question... I just want
> to know if  it's possible to redirect the output of a command in a
> variable in a csh script ? I read all the csh man page and I'm still
> stuck...
>
> date | awk {'print 1$'} |   ???? to put it in a variable .
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
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