Bash script date error

Question

i'm trying to get an old date in a bash script, but it throws this error

"./bkc.sh: line 10: 20130122: command not found"

It's like tries to use the result date as a function instead of assign the value to the OLDATE var.

Here's my code:

OLDATE= `date -d '7 days ago' +'%Y%m%d'`

Can anyone help me ? Thanks

Davide Berra · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-29 13:29:39Z

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Just remove the space between OLDATE and the command.

Bash doesn't want spaces in assigning values

answered Jan 29, 2013 at 13:29

Davide Berra

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Thanks! What a rookie mistake!