On 2007-12-06 20:11, Sjoerd Mullender wrote: > 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) I forgot to remove the backslashes here, it should be: $(tail -n 1 `date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H"`.txt) > `tail -n 1 $(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H").txt` > -- Sjoerd Mullender
