Assigning a variable

[smm4301]

Not sure if this is posted to the right place.
I have a script that is trying to get the day and month of an entered file name. I found this code which will print it out:

#!/bin/ksh

month=`date +%m`
day=`date +%d`

ls -l $FILE | nawk -v month=${month} '
{ printf("%s\n", index($(NF-3), ":&quot ? month : $(NF-3));
}
'

ls -l $FILE | nawk -v day=${day} '
{ printf("%s\n", index($(NF-2), ":&quot ? day : $(NF-2));
}
'


Is there anyway to store the printed answer in a variable instead of writing it to the sreeen?

Thanks in advance,
Steph

 

[Salem]

> Is there anyway to store the printed answer in a variable instead of writing it to the sreeen?
Just put the command in back-ticks, like you did with the date command

var=`ls -l $FILE | nawk -v month=${month} '
 { printf("%s\n", index($(NF-3), ":") ? month : $(NF-3));
 }'`

 

[CaKiwi]

Try

[red]mm=`[/red]ls -l $FILE | nawk -v month=${month} '
{ printf("%s\n", index($(NF-3), ":&quot ? month : $(NF-3));
}
'[red]`[/red]

[red]da=`[/red]ls -l $FILE | nawk -v day=${day} '
{ printf("%s\n", index($(NF-2), ":&quot ? day : $(NF-2));
}
'[red]`[/red]


CaKiwi

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[smm4301]

It worked! I tried everything but that it seems like

Thanks