Can I attach a variable to a tail command?












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Is this possible, if not, is there a better I can do it?



Example:



Number of log entries: 3



log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)

read -p "Number of log entries" num

cat $log | tail -n $num





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    Is this possible, if not, is there a better I can do it?



    Example:



    Number of log entries: 3



    log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
    
read -p "Number of log entries" num
    
cat $log | tail -n $num





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      Is this possible, if not, is there a better I can do it?



      Example:



      Number of log entries: 3



      log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
      
read -p "Number of log entries" num
      
cat $log | tail -n $num





      shell-script







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      Is this possible, if not, is there a better I can do it?



      Example:



      Number of log entries: 3



      log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
      
read -p "Number of log entries" num
      
cat $log | tail -n $num





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          The var=$(command) notation runs command and assigns its output to var. Since home/admin17/folder/data_log is a file and not a command, that should give you an error:



          log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
          
bash: home/admin17/folder/data_log: command not found


          If you want to save the file name as a variable, you need:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log


          Then, the rest should work as you expect:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries" num
          
cat $log | tail -n $num


          Or, avoiding the Useless Use of Cat (UUoC):



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries: " num
          
tail -n "$num" "$log"





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            Note also that the path is relative to user's current working directory. If the user wants to use same file regardless of where they are currently in the directory tree, the path has to be absolute, so probably /home/admin17/folder/data_log
            – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
            yesterday











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          The var=$(command) notation runs command and assigns its output to var. Since home/admin17/folder/data_log is a file and not a command, that should give you an error:



          log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
          
bash: home/admin17/folder/data_log: command not found


          If you want to save the file name as a variable, you need:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log


          Then, the rest should work as you expect:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries" num
          
cat $log | tail -n $num


          Or, avoiding the Useless Use of Cat (UUoC):



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries: " num
          
tail -n "$num" "$log"





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            Note also that the path is relative to user's current working directory. If the user wants to use same file regardless of where they are currently in the directory tree, the path has to be absolute, so probably /home/admin17/folder/data_log
            – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
            yesterday
















          13














          The var=$(command) notation runs command and assigns its output to var. Since home/admin17/folder/data_log is a file and not a command, that should give you an error:



          log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
          
bash: home/admin17/folder/data_log: command not found


          If you want to save the file name as a variable, you need:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log


          Then, the rest should work as you expect:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries" num
          
cat $log | tail -n $num


          Or, avoiding the Useless Use of Cat (UUoC):



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries: " num
          
tail -n "$num" "$log"





          share|improve this answer



















          • 1




            Note also that the path is relative to user's current working directory. If the user wants to use same file regardless of where they are currently in the directory tree, the path has to be absolute, so probably /home/admin17/folder/data_log
            – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
            yesterday














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          The var=$(command) notation runs command and assigns its output to var. Since home/admin17/folder/data_log is a file and not a command, that should give you an error:



          log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
          
bash: home/admin17/folder/data_log: command not found


          If you want to save the file name as a variable, you need:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log


          Then, the rest should work as you expect:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries" num
          
cat $log | tail -n $num


          Or, avoiding the Useless Use of Cat (UUoC):



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries: " num
          
tail -n "$num" "$log"





          share|improve this answer














          The var=$(command) notation runs command and assigns its output to var. Since home/admin17/folder/data_log is a file and not a command, that should give you an error:



          log=$(home/admin17/folder/data_log)
          
bash: home/admin17/folder/data_log: command not found


          If you want to save the file name as a variable, you need:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log


          Then, the rest should work as you expect:



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries" num
          
cat $log | tail -n $num


          Or, avoiding the Useless Use of Cat (UUoC):



          log=home/admin17/folder/data_log
          
read -p "Number of log entries: " num
          
tail -n "$num" "$log"






          share|improve this answer














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            Note also that the path is relative to user's current working directory. If the user wants to use same file regardless of where they are currently in the directory tree, the path has to be absolute, so probably /home/admin17/folder/data_log
            – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
            yesterday














          • 1




            Note also that the path is relative to user's current working directory. If the user wants to use same file regardless of where they are currently in the directory tree, the path has to be absolute, so probably /home/admin17/folder/data_log
            – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
            yesterday








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          Note also that the path is relative to user's current working directory. If the user wants to use same file regardless of where they are currently in the directory tree, the path has to be absolute, so probably /home/admin17/folder/data_log
          – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
          yesterday




          Note also that the path is relative to user's current working directory. If the user wants to use same file regardless of where they are currently in the directory tree, the path has to be absolute, so probably /home/admin17/folder/data_log
          – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
          yesterday


















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