copy shell output to array

Question

i am trying to capture the output of the command fuser into an array in shell script. based on other similar queries I used below lines in shell.

p_list = ( $("fuser -m /mnt/usb") )

But i am getting below error

./capture.sh: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./capture.sh: line 8: `   p_list = ( $(fuser -m /mnt/usb) )'

The fuser output is the process list using the above path as below

~# fuser -m /mnt/usb
9261 1089 8526

Why is this issue? Any hints. How to i achieve this.

choroba · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-24 16:18:41Z

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As with any assignment in bash: no spaces around =.

p_list=( $(fuser -m /mnt/usb) )

answered Nov 24, 2017 at 12:11

choroba

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Thanks. I had to remove the quotes (") around the command to make it work. p_list=( $(fuser -m /mnt/usb) )