[Linux-disciples] write to file from shell script

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Funny, I was going to recommend that but then I thought I was wrong. 

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On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Stephen R Laniel <steve at stevereads.com> wrote:

> ::smacks forehead::
> 
> Gah. Yes, Dylan is right, of course. Good eye, gumshoe.
> 
> On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Dylan Paul Thurston wrote:
> 
>> The problem in the initial script, this one:
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 09:28:09PM -0500, Jamie Forrest wrote:
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> 
>>> NOW=`date +%F`
>>> gondor sqldump primary > $NOW_dump.sql
>> 
>> is that it's looking for a variable $NOW_dump, which doesn't exist.
>> It probably created a file '.sql' as a result.  You can fix it like
>> you did later, or by adding braces:
>> 
>> #!/bin/bash
>> 
>> NOW=`date +%F`
>> gondor sqldump primary > ${NOW}_dump.sql
>> 
>> --Dylan
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