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Whats wrong with this BASH ?

  • 21-05-2008 10:43am
    #1
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭


    date '+%F %T',/home/$USER/scanner $d $f >> $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR


    this is supposed to write 2 colums to a csv file ( $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR )

    the date and the file path , but it is doing nothing ...

    should i have the path /home/$USER/scanner $d $f in '' or "" ??


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  • #2
    FruitLover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    jackdaw wrote: »
    date '+%F %T',/home/$USER/scanner $d $f >> $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR

    I'm guessing this comma is supposed to be a semi-colon


  • #3
    brianmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭brianmc


    jackdaw wrote: »
    date '+%F %T',/home/$USER/scanner $d $f >> $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR


    this is supposed to write 2 colums to a csv file ( $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR )

    the date and the file path , but it is doing nothing ...

    should i have the path /home/$USER/scanner $d $f in '' or "" ??


    What are $d and $f about?

    The rest looks ok I think. Can't test it at the moment.


  • #4
    ravydavygravy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭ravydavygravy


    jackdaw wrote: »
    date '+%F %T',/home/$USER/scanner $d $f >> $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR


    this is supposed to write 2 colums to a csv file ( $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR )

    the date and the file path , but it is doing nothing ...

    should i have the path /home/$USER/scanner $d $f in '' or "" ??

    Am I missing something? should it not be:
    echo "`date +'%F %T'`,/home/$USER/scanner $d $f" >> $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR

    assuming $d and $f are set somewhere already?


  • #5
    brianmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭brianmc


    ravydavygravy wrote: »
    Am I missing something? should it not be:
    echo "`date +'%F %T'`,/home/$USER/scanner $d $f" >> $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR

    assuming $d and $f are set somewhere already?

    Any arbitrary text can be part of dates output format (such as the comma and pathname above) so you don't need echo.

    Assuming he wants the value of $d and $f as part of the output, he could do it your way or...
    date +"%F %T,/home/$USER/scanner $d $f" >> $SORTING_EXT_FILE_SFR


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