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Date: 16 Jul 1999 21:41:00 +0200
From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
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Subject: Re: Problems with the syntax for initializing variables
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Hi,

[...]
>I've tried the same syntax in BASH-shell, but without luck. In BASH-shell
>it only work for me with the following syntax:
>
>date +"%d%m%y%H%M%S" > tid
>read TID < tid

It works perfectly here.

 $ TID=`date +"%d%m%y%H%M%S"`
 $ echo $TID
160799213626
 $ echo $BASH_VERSION
2.02.1(2)-release

Windows 2000 Adv Server Build 2031
Cygwin B20.1 Snapshot from sometime end of June

>
>Can you help me !
>
>Thanks in advance !
>
>Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
>Rune Flader

Bye.
Michael.
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