From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jim Reimer <wa5rrh@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: Variable Quoting
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:38:40 -0500
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Cc: Paul Kraus <pkraus@pelsupply.com>, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org

> ( by the way....
> 
> you don't have to surround the variable name with braces unless it's
> right up against something else, as in
> 
> filename="test"
> cp somefile ${test}.txt
> 
> if it's seperated by white space they don't have to be there
> 
> )

oops - my face is red now.....

that should have been

filename="test"
cp somefile $(filename).txt


sorry
-jdr-


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