variables in bash

haddad · 08-13-2004, 06:24 AM

Hi

I have seen people assigning values to variables in the bash shell in the following syntax

somevar = "Some String"

However when I try this, I get an error "somevar: command not found"

Can someone shed some light on this for me plz

I am using the Bash shell in fedora core 2

Thanks

whansard · 08-13-2004, 06:27 AM

export somevar="whatever"

haddad · 08-13-2004, 06:35 AM

Hi,

That is what I am using, however I am still wondering why it shouldnt work when I see it in many books etc, and if I want to write a simple shell script that syntax above might not be suitable

JZL240I-U · 08-13-2004, 10:01 AM

You'll find some information here:

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html

more here

http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/UNIXhelp/

and a whole lot more here

http://www.tldp.org/guides.html#abs

Have fun

mikshaw · 08-13-2004, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by haddad
somevar = "Some String"

It could be your use of spaces. If you have "somevar[space]=", Bash will read "somevar" as a command. "somevar=" changes Bash's interpretation of the string.

haddad · 08-16-2004, 06:45 AM

Thanks

That was it.

Setheck · 09-22-2004, 05:29 PM

i'm having kindof the same problem.
except I need to assign $RULE_PATH to a directory...
also i want this variable assigned when the computer boots.
any help?
Thanks