Get or ask for the value of a variable. If the second parameter is ask , a prompt is printed and the value is read from standard input. If it is remote , it is read from the remote machine. Otherwise, the second parameter is a constant or another variable which supplies the value. Increment a variable.
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The UID is reset to the real UID before running command . The fixed part of the password must already have been stored using a secureidf command. The two parts are concatenated and sent to the remote terminal server. Dip variable substitution is performed before executing the command. The optional parameter timeout sets how long dip is to wait to see the challenge.