adrian kok wrote: > Hi all > > how can I make the quote correct? > > `tail -n 1 `date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H"`.txt` > > `date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H"`.txt is file > > thank you > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > Well, as far as I know this works: tail -n 1 $(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H").txt tail -n 1 `date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H"`.txt or somewhat harder: temp=`date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H"`.txt && tail -n 1 $temp Hope this works for you. Regards
