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Old 05-12-2010
unix commands into variable
This is simple and I just cannot hit on the conbination. See example below, What I want is to assign the latest file name created to this variable. for example 20100505.jhxxxxx.dat would be contained in jeffvar. I get the output from the LS but the tail is not being recognized.

Code:
jeffvar='ls -tr *jhxxxxx* | tail -1'

Last edited by Scott; 05-12-2010 at 11:54 AM.. Reason: Remove formatting, add code tags
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Old 05-12-2010
Tools beware of difference ` vs '
the ` is on top left of keyboard
the ' is next to the Enter key

Here, I use the ` (top left of keyboard)

Code:
jv=`ls -tr *file* | tail -1`
echo $jv

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Old 05-12-2010
Hi.

Did you mean:
Code:
jeffvar=`ls -tr *jhxxxxx* | tail -1`

with almost-impossible-to-tell-the-difference-backticks?

Nicer on the eye is
Code:
jeffvar=$(ls -tr *jhxxxxx* | tail -1)

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