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# 1  
Old 08-18-2014
How to Append data to the content at the beginning of a variable?
Hi Guys,

IF i have to append data to a variable, i simply use the following. What can i do to append data to the beginning?
Code:
 
  VAR+="data"

# 2  
Old 08-18-2014
try
Code:
var="Makarand"
var=$var"Dodmise"
$ echo $var
MakarandDodmise

# 3  
Old 08-18-2014
Hello,

This should add text to beginning of the variable.

Code:
VAR="data" $VAR

Cheers!
Ranga
# 4  
Old 08-18-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by rangarasan
...
Code:
VAR="data" $VAR

...
That will not work. Remove the space, and, to be sure, double-quote $VAR:
Code:
VAR="data""$VAR"

# 5  
Old 08-18-2014
Just to add a comment to these solutions, as variables get expanded inside double quotes, I would have thought only one pair of double quotes is required to enclose both the variable itself as well as the additional data:

Code:
VAR="data${VAR}"

# 6  
Old 08-18-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
That will not work. Remove the space, and, to be sure, double-quote $VAR:
Code:
VAR="data""$VAR"

My Bad, Typo..
# 7  
Old 08-18-2014
try

Code:
akshay@nio:~/tmp$ variable="abc"
akshay@nio:~/tmp$ printf -v variable "%s%s" def $variable
akshay@nio:~/tmp$ echo $variable
defabc

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