topic Re: Function result inside a command line in Operating System - HP-UX

Function result inside a command line

Leo The Cat — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:53:14 GMT

Hi

I'd like to pass a command line result to my command line.

Example with the date function.

export aa=date
myscript param1 param2 aa

But of course, this does not work because aa can't receive like this the date result !

How to do this trick ?

Regards
Den

Re: Function result inside a command line

James R. Ferguson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:56:20 GMT

hi Den:

# aa=date
# echo "It is now" $($aa)
It is now Mon Aug 25 15:55:53 EDT 2008

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Function result inside a command line

Tim Nelson — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:57:35 GMT

Not exactly sure what you are looking for..

export aa=`date`

myscript p1 p2 "$aa"

Re: Function result inside a command line

Leo The Cat — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:00:11 GMT

James solution is the solution !!!
Thanks JRF !