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Old 02-04-2011
Kornshell Using a variable in a command

So Here is my code
Code:
cd $cer_mgr
table='hostname'
environment='echo $environment'
cat mq_$table_$environment_startup.ksh

I'm trying to make the results of the command "hostname" into a variable so that i can use it in my cat command. Well what I have is not working. So how do I use that variable as party of the command.
Code:
cat mq_<hostname>_<environment>_startup.ksh

this script is going to be used on different nodes so the hostname and environment will change but the rest will stay the same. How do I pull that information and use it in that line

Last edited by Scott; 02-04-2011 at 04:19 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 02-04-2011
I'm not sure if I got you correctly, is this what you are looking for?

Code:
cat mq_$(hostname)_${environment}_startup.ksh

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