Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all,

I have this scenario where:-



The file that I want to save its name into array df[1] is my.08120323.trx which is located in the dir as below:

$ pwd

/u01/abc/def/SRC_datafiles

$ ls *trx

my.08120323.trx

$ df[1]=*"trx" ##keeping the filename my.08120323.trx into df[1]

$ echo ${df[1]}

my.08120323.trx ##getting the correct full output



I want df[1] content - my.08120323.trx to be maintained in any directory that I go.. example in below directory.. but I only got *trx value as below when I echo ${df[1]} when I go this directory:

$ cd ../..

$ pwd

/u01/abc

$ echo ${df[1]}

*trx ##this is not the output that i expected.. i want it to show my.08120323.trx

$



How do I maintain the value of df[1] to be my.08120323.trx instead of only *trx in any directory I go?

Please shed some light.

Thanks!

Code:

$ cd /tmp
$ touch my.08120323.trx
$ df[1]=`echo *trx`
$ echo ${df[1]}
my.08120323.trx
$ cd /
$ echo ${df[1]}
my.08120323.trx

You are storing the '*' wildcard in df[1] instead of the filename so when you do the "echo ${df[1]}", that's the point where filename matching happens. If there is no matching file in the directory, it will show "*trx". Storing the output of "echo *trx" eliminates this issue.

Hey this is working! Thank you so much rikxik! Really really really appreciate this as I've been scratching my head from yesterday abt this issue