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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Variable Assignment Post 302977456 by Ivo Breeden on Monday 18th of July 2016 05:08:57 PM
Old 07-18-2016
Scrutinizer is right when he says: "the assignment ( var=pattern* is the same as var="pattern*" )". It can be tested by adding quotes around the argument of echo:
Code:
abcversion=abc*
echo "$abcversion"

abc*

To activate wildcard expansion you should use an assignment like this:
Code:
abcversion=$(ls abc*)
echo "$abcversion"

abcga5

And also MadeInGermany is right when he says to remove the trailing slash in
export ABC_HOME=/opt/app/abc/$abcversion/(unless abcga5 is a directory).

Note: think about what the script should do when more files match the wildcard. Test it.
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

tntnet-config

TNTNET-CONFIG(1)					      General Commands Manual						  TNTNET-CONFIG(1)

NAME

       tntnet-config - output compiler flags for tntnet usage

SYNOPSIS

       tntnet-config [--libs] [--cxxflags] [--config[=app]] [--makefile[=app]] [--project=app] [--autoproject=app] [--help] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the tntnet-config command.

OPTIONS

       This program's options start with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is included below.

       --libs Output linker flags.

       --cxxflags
	      Output C++ preprocessor and compiler flags.

       --config[=app]
	      Print default configuration file.

       --makefile[=app]
	      Print a simple makefile for an ecpp project.

       --project=app
	      Create a simple ecpp project directory.

       --autoproject=app
	      Create a autotools based ecpp project.

       --help Show summary of options.

       --version
	      Show version of program.

AUTHOR

       tntnet was written by Tommi Makitalo <tommi@tntnet.org>.

       This manual page was written by Kari Pahula <kaol@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

SEE ALSO

       tntnet(8), ecppc(1), ecppl(1), ecppll(1).
       More documentation can be found in /usr/share/doc/tntnet-doc/.

								   July  3, 2006						  TNTNET-CONFIG(1)
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