[Cialug] shell script error

Chris Hettinger cjh at raccoon.com
Fri Aug 26 14:07:59 CDT 2005


Example please, I'm unclear. New to shell scripting.

Paul Gray wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 02:03:47PM -0500, Chris Hettinger wrote:
> 
>>#!/bin/sh
>>
>>TODAY=date +%Y%m%d
> 
> 
> You need back tics or $(shell ) in the above line.
> 
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