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Old 03-17-2011
Find files having todays date and hostname in its name.
Hello,
I am quite new to unix/shell and want to write a script using bash which will process the files.
Basically i want to search files having name as "date+hostname+somestring.out"

i am using below variables and then will use them in find command :-
Code:
TODAY_DATE=$('date +%d')
HOSTNAME=$('uname -n')

but i get error as below:-
Code:
date +%d: command not found
uname -n: command not found

Can anybody guess whats wrong in this or any other better way?
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-17-2011 at 06:43 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 2  
Old 03-17-2011
Code:
ls $(date +%d)$(uname -n)*.out

# 3  
Old 03-17-2011
Thanks a lot for the quick and easy solution!!!
# 4  
Old 03-17-2011
how to post my queries
hi apm, pravin27,

apologies for asking this quetion here...
i want to post my query in a new thread... but i m not able to get how to post a new query...
can you help me in this???

regards,
Swapnil
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Old 03-17-2011
U can start new thread, goto Forums -> Select the forum related to ur problem -> Click NewThread button on Top-Left corner.

Thanks
# 6  
Old 03-17-2011
thank you apm... i got it...
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