Refering file path by variable in shell script

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I want to refer file path through variable in script but not aware of syntax.

#!/bin/bash
filepath = /tibcouat1_fs/tibco/deployment/egypt/bnk/broker/logs/;
echo "============BNKBroker=============="
grep 'EXSTAT|' $filepath/bnkbroker.log

Find above script I have created where I am getting below error.

bash-3.2$ ./BNKSrvcList.sh 
./BNKSrvcList.sh: line 2: filepath: command not found
============BNKBroker=====  =========
grep: can't open /bnkbroker.log
bash-3.2$

Robin Hsu · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-17 06:04:52Z

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You can not have spaces at both sides of the equal sign (=), try this:

filepath=/tibcouat1_fs/tibco/deployment/egypt/bnk/broker/logs/

answered Nov 17, 2014 at 6:04

Robin Hsu

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Robin Hsu Over a year ago

The end of line ; is OK, but not necessary.

Robin Hsu Over a year ago

And we normally don't use the last '/' for a file path, like this: filepath=/tibcouat1_fs/tibco/deployment/egypt/bnk/broker/logs, so that later on you can use '/' between you folder path name $filepath and the log file name bnkbroker.log: $filepath/bnkbroker.log

Robin Hsu Over a year ago

In bash shell syntax, the assignment of a variable can not go across the space: A=5 echo $A means to assign variable A to 5 and then print variable A. So Name=John Smith will assign string John to variable Name, but then Smith will be executed (normally it's an unknown command). Correct usage is to quote it with single- or double- quotes: Name="John Smith" Similarly, A= 5 means to assign empty string to A, and then execute a command named 5, which is normally an unknown command.

Bharat Patidar Over a year ago

this answer made my day

Arnab Nandy · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-17 06:23:47Z

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Try using this

filepath='/tibcouat1_fs/tibco/deployment/egypt/bnk/broker/logs/';

edited Nov 17, 2014 at 6:23

answered Nov 17, 2014 at 6:03

Arnab Nandy

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anubhava Over a year ago

This is wrong, spaces around = are not allowed in BASH variable assignment.

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