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Old 09-03-2001
jpprial jpprial is offline
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Question pass argument to a filename
How can I use the value of an argument as a filename? Example:
The argument for a process is 999. I would like the output of the process to be placed in a file called 999. I have tried using $$1, but that only assigns a unigue number.

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JP
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