On 2007-12-06 18:59, 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 > All of these should work: `tail -n 1 \`date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H"\`.txt` $(tail -n 1 $(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H").txt) $(tail -n 1 \`date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H"\`.txt) `tail -n 1 $(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H").txt` -- Sjoerd Mullender
