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champjss@vinciztor:~$ files=`ls -l`
champjss@vinciztor:~$ echo $files
total 24 drwxr-xr-x 2 champjss champjss 4096 2009-08-03 15:41 Desktop lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss 30 2009-08-03 15:49 Documents -> /media/Data/champjss/Documents lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss 30 2009-08-03 15:49 Downloads -> /media/Data/champjss/Downloads -rw-r--r-- 1 champjss champjss 13498 2009-08-03 18:04 howtovirtualbox.txt lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss 26 2009-08-03 15:49 Music -> /media/Data/champjss/Music lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss 29 2009-08-03 15:49 Pictures -> /media/Data/champjss/Pictures -rw-r--r-- 1 champjss champjss 557 2009-08-03 18:26 sudoers lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss 27 2009-08-03 15:49 Videos -> /media/Data/champjss/Videos
champjss@vinciztor:~$ echo "$files"
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 champjss champjss  4096 2009-08-03 15:41 Desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss    30 2009-08-03 15:49 Documents -> /media/Data/champjss/Documents
lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss    30 2009-08-03 15:49 Downloads -> /media/Data/champjss/Downloads
-rw-r--r-- 1 champjss champjss 13498 2009-08-03 18:04 howtovirtualbox.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss    26 2009-08-03 15:49 Music -> /media/Data/champjss/Music
lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss    29 2009-08-03 15:49 Pictures -> /media/Data/champjss/Pictures
-rw-r--r-- 1 champjss champjss   557 2009-08-03 18:26 sudoers
lrwxrwxrwx 1 champjss champjss    27 2009-08-03 15:49 Videos -> /media/Data/champjss/Videos