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Old 08-30-2006, 11:41 PM   #1
duBeN
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bash script doesnt work in slackware

Hello

could someone tell me why script:

date | read s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 ; name='bkp_'$s3'_'$s2 ; echo $name

works in unix but not in slackware

output:

duben@treska:~/scripts$ bkp.sh
bkp__
Last edited by duBeN; 08-30-2006 at 11:44 PM.
 
Old 08-30-2006, 11:56 PM   #2
dive
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No idea, but try:

date | while read s1 s2 s3 s4 s5 s6 ; do name='bkp_'$s3'_'$s2 ; echo $name; done

output:

bkp_31_Aug
 
  


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