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Is it possible to pass DBNAME argument to subshell without manually writing it?



mysqldump -u USERNAME -p DBNAME > "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")_DBNAME.sql"






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Is it possible to pass DBNAME argument to subshell without manually writing it?



mysqldump -u USERNAME -p DBNAME > "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")_DBNAME.sql"






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Is it possible to pass DBNAME argument to subshell without manually writing it?



mysqldump -u USERNAME -p DBNAME > "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")_DBNAME.sql"






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Is it possible to pass DBNAME argument to subshell without manually writing it?



mysqldump -u USERNAME -p DBNAME > "$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")_DBNAME.sql"








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There is no sub-shell here, but a command substitution (the $(...)). If DBNAME is a variable, you can use



DBNAME=mydatabase
mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" > "$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S")_$DBNAME.sql"


or even



DBNAME=mydatabase
mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")"


or



DBNAME=mydatabase
outfilename=$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")
mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$outfilename"


or variations thereof.






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    There is no sub-shell here, but a command substitution (the $(...)). If DBNAME is a variable, you can use



    DBNAME=mydatabase
    mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" > "$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S")_$DBNAME.sql"


    or even



    DBNAME=mydatabase
    mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")"


    or



    DBNAME=mydatabase
    outfilename=$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")
    mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$outfilename"


    or variations thereof.






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      There is no sub-shell here, but a command substitution (the $(...)). If DBNAME is a variable, you can use



      DBNAME=mydatabase
      mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" > "$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S")_$DBNAME.sql"


      or even



      DBNAME=mydatabase
      mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")"


      or



      DBNAME=mydatabase
      outfilename=$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")
      mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$outfilename"


      or variations thereof.






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        There is no sub-shell here, but a command substitution (the $(...)). If DBNAME is a variable, you can use



        DBNAME=mydatabase
        mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" > "$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S")_$DBNAME.sql"


        or even



        DBNAME=mydatabase
        mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")"


        or



        DBNAME=mydatabase
        outfilename=$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")
        mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$outfilename"


        or variations thereof.






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        There is no sub-shell here, but a command substitution (the $(...)). If DBNAME is a variable, you can use



        DBNAME=mydatabase
        mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" > "$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S")_$DBNAME.sql"


        or even



        DBNAME=mydatabase
        mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")"


        or



        DBNAME=mydatabase
        outfilename=$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S_$DBNAME.sql")
        mysqldump -u USERNAME -p "$DBNAME" >"$outfilename"


        or variations thereof.







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