Assign grep count to variable

Question

How to assign the result of

grep -c \"some text\" /tmp/somePath

into variable so I can echo it.

#!/bin/bash
some_var = grep -c         


        

Answer 1

Found the issue
Its the assignment, this will work:

some_var=$(command)

While this won't work:

some_var = $(command)

Thank you for your help! I will accept first helpful answer.