ubuntu shell script issue

Question

I have some simple shell scripts

#!/bin/bash

echo $(date)
NOW=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)
NAME = "db.$NOW.sql"
echo $NAME
LOCALPATH = "/data/mysql/$NAME"
echo $LOCALPATH
/usr/bin/mysqldump -u username -ppassword --databases dbname > $LOCALPATH

Error message:

 line 5: NAME: command not found
 line 7: LOCALPATH: command not found

Something am I missing?

asf107 · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-01 20:17:30Z

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Dont use any whitespace when you are defining your variables.

NAME="db.$NOW.sql"

As you have it above, bash will try to execute something called NAME with arguments = and "db.$NOW.sql" respectively.

answered Mar 1, 2012 at 20:17

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