Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file with timestamp in the file name

Code:

FILE=DETAIL_20120419141952_CODE.txt

I am using the below expression to derive the file name

Code:

FILE=DETAIL_$(date +'%Y%m%d')*_CODE.txt

echo gives me correct filename

but when I call it as a paramter to another script its being taken as.

Code:

DETAILS_20120423*_CODE.txt

I am calling it as

Code:

abc.ksh $FILE

can somebody let me know how I should make sure this paramteter picks the correct file. There will always be 1 file with that name on any day

Moderator's Comments:

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Why exactly do you need a '*' in the file name?
Would the following work?

Code:

FILE="DETAIL_$(date +'%Y%m%d')_CODE.txt"
abc.ksh "${FILE}"

I need the parameter to resolve to the full file name.

the * resolves to hours minutes in the file name

I don't want a * in the run time.

I want the FILE value to resolve to the full file name

This is because the * does not get expanded during variable assignment. It does get expanded when used as a parameter, for echo, printf or ls for example.