Variable or something else?

wegadnie · 10-30-2008, 04:43 AM

Hi all,

i have a question. From command
#date +%F
it shows me the date in right format (2008-10-30) but when i issue the command
#touch 'date +%F'.log
it doesn't name the file in right name format which i expected (2008-10-30.log). The other guy can do on his box so i think the problem is my side. What should i do in this situation?

pixellany · 10-30-2008, 06:01 AM

Well, if we knew who "the other guy" was, we might be able to see what he was doing......

Seriously, is it possible that you used single quotes, when you needed to use backtics? To run a command and use its output inside another command, you need one of two forms:
command2 $(command1)
OR
command2 `command1`

In the second example, those are backtics (on a standard US Qwerty keyboard, top left--just above the tab key)

wegadnie · 10-30-2008, 06:52 AM

Got it. You're the man. Thanks a lot.