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Old 09-13-2008
Piping to a file and setting filename using a variable
Hi all,

I would like to send the output of a line in a ksh script to a file, but I need to name the file using a predefined variable:

ls -l > $MYVAR.arc

But what is the correct syntax for achieving this? I can't seem to find the correct syntax for giving the file an extension.

Any assistance is much appreciated.

Cheers
# 2  
Old 09-13-2008
what you have should work assuming that MYVAR is set.

Code:
MYVAR=myfilename
ls -l > $MYVAR.arc

This will create myfilename.arc
# 3  
Old 09-13-2008
Hi Frank, thanks for the reply.

The variable is set, but the file gets created without the extension
# 4  
Old 09-13-2008
Try
Code:
ls -l > ${MYVAR}.arc

or
Code:
ls -l > $MYVAR".arc"

Regards
# 5  
Old 09-13-2008
You might want to ensure that you don't have a hidden newline character at the end of your variable...
# 6  
Old 09-15-2008
hi guys, thanks for the responses.

The below works fine with a simple command such as ls -l:

Code:
ls -l > ${MYVAR}.arc

But when I attempt to send the output of an awk command to a similarly named file, the file is created, but it is empty:

Code:
 
awk -v s=$string 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="|"}!/T00:00:00/{$NF=s}1' *.arc > ${FILENAME}.arc

The same happens using $FILENAME".arc"

Any ideas why this is happening?

Thanks all
# 7  
Old 09-15-2008
do you get any output of your remove the redirection?
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