Very Basic question -- help -- at my wit's end!

[zooter]

set sys_date = "Hello Cruel World!"
echo $sys_date

outputs a blank line -- what's wrong? i'm unable to proceed with extracting the system date as you can guess from the variable name) etc and proceed with my script for taking over the world :(

[Motoma]

set sys_date = "Hello Cruel World!"
echo $sys_date

outputs a blank line -- what's wrong? i'm unable to proceed with extracting the system date as you can guess from the variable name) etc and proceed with my script for taking over the world :(

Two things: The spaces around the = will error, and the tool you are likely looking for is export, not set.

$ export sys_hello="I am a pretty princess!"
$ echo $sys_hello
I am a pretty princess!

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