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Re: $var invokes function?
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Re: $var invokes function? |
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Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:44:13 +0700 |
Not exactly what you asked for, but works the same:
#! /bin/bash
today() {
date
}
printf "today is %s\n" "$(today)"
exit 0
It is easier to just use $(date) directly though.
On 8/8/09, jscripter <pc88mxer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Is it possible to create a variable whose value is determined by a function?
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> Silly example: somehow define $today to return the output of /bin/date
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> and that way one can write: echo today is $today
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> Thanks,
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- $var invokes function?, jscripter, 2009/08/08
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