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Old 04-03-2008
how to put wildcard in path set
date +%m%d%y

logdir=/bmp/dyn/logfiles/sm/pgsd/pglog
logdir="$logdir/pglog'$date'"
echo $logdir

i have a program like above

echo $logdir should display
-----
/bmp/dyn/logfiles/sm/pgsd/pglog/pglog030408
----
but i am not getting that as per that
could some one please suggest that

and also can i put like this to find in that WILD card search ?


logdir="$logdir/pglog'$date'"*
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Old 04-03-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by mail2sant
date +%m%d%y

logdir=/bmp/dyn/logfiles/sm/pgsd/pglog
logdir="$logdir/pglog'$date'"
echo $logdir

i have a program like above

echo $logdir should display
-----
/bmp/dyn/logfiles/sm/pgsd/pglog/pglog030408
----
but i am not getting that as per that
could some one please suggest that

and also can i put like this to find in that WILD card search ?


logdir="$logdir/pglog'$date'"*
Use the back stick's
Code:
DATE=`date  +%m%d%y`

 logdir=/bmp/dyn/logfiles/sm/pgsd/pglog
 logdir="$logdir/pglog$DATE"
 echo $logdir

or..
Code:
 logdir=/bmp/dyn/logfiles/sm/pgsd/pglog
 logdir="$logdir/pglog`date  +%m%d%y`"
 echo $logdir

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