Assign output to variable in Bash [duplicate]

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In shell, you don’t put a $ in front of a variable you’re assigning. You only use $IP when you’re referring to the variable.

#!/bin/bash

IP=$(curl automation.whatismyip.com/n09230945.asp)

echo "$IP"

sed "s/IP/$IP/" nsupdate.txt | nsupdate

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