Right now this outputs the value I need on stdout. How can I capture it into a variable so I can use it in the rest of the script?
Requirements:
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#!/bin/bash
cat << EOF | xsltproc - ../pom.xml | tail -1
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/"><xsl:value-of select="/project/version"/></xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
EOF
This seems to work (based on Ignacio's answer). By using a subshell the here-document is correctly piped into xsltproc while still being passed through tail after.
VERSION=$((xsltproc - ../pom.xml | tail -1) << EOF
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/"><xsl:value-of select="/project/version"/></xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
EOF
)