exporting the result of a command in text

[bruble1]

Hi,
I am trying to get the length of a file into a variable.

In the script I am using:
export FLEN= `wc -m ${SOURCE_FILE} | cut -c1-2 `
echo ${FLEN}

the result is:
export: `59': not a valid identifier

I want FLEN to = 59 in this case. How do I get redi of ` and ' in the above?

Regards

[atreyu]

try removing the space directly after the = sign, e.g.:

export FLEN=`wc -m $SOURCE_FILE | cut -c1-2 `

[bruble1]

Thanks atreyu - that worked