GNU bug report logs - #26491
date and echo using with underscore

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Edmond Yuen <lordedmond <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 06:41:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 26491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Martin Møller Skarbiniks Pedersen <traxplayer <at> gmail.com>
To: Edmond Yuen <lordedmond <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 26491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26491: date and echo using with underscore
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:50:39 +0200

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On Apr 14, 2017 08:41, "Edmond Yuen" <lordedmond <at> gmail.com> wrote:

Please verify the script below:

#/bin/bash

D=`date +%Y%m%d`
i="someparameter"

echo $D_$i
echo $D\_$i
echo $D
echo $i
echo _




//   my system is debian with coreutils 8.26-3
//
//   db=`date -d "-1day" +%Y%m%d`
//   i="0"
This is the result from my system

~$ echo "$db_$i"
0
~$ echo "$db\_$i"
20170413\_0
~$ echo "$db$i"
201704130


This output looks ok to me.
Do you expect something different? and why?

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