I want to assign the result of an expression to a variable and concatenate it with a string, then echo it. Here's what I've got:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Desktop;
thefile= ls -t -U | grep -m 1 "Screen Shot";
echo "Most recent screenshot is: "$thefile;

But that outputs:

Screen Shot 2011-07-03 at 1.55.43 PM.png
Most recent screenshot is: 

So, it looks like that isn't getting assigned to $thefile, and is being printed as it's executed.

I want to assign the result of an expression (i.e., the output from a command) to a variable and then manipulate it – for example, concatenate it with a string, then echo it.  Here's what I've got:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Desktop;
thefile= ls -t -U | grep -m 1 "Screen Shot";
echo "Most recent screenshot is: "$thefile;

But that outputs:

Screen Shot 2011-07-03 at 1.55.43 PM.png
Most recent screenshot is: 

So, it looks like that isn't getting assigned to $thefile, and is being printed as it's executed.

What am I missing?

I want to assign the result of an expression to a variable and concatenate it with a string, then echo it. Here's what I've got:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Desktop;
thefile= ls -t -U | grep -m 1 "Screen Shot";
echo "Most recent screenshot is: "$thefile;

But, that outputs:

Screen Shot 2011-07-03 at 1.55.43 PM.png
Most recent screenshot is: 

So, it looks like that isn't getting assigned to $thefile, and is being printed as it's executed.

I'm rather new to this; I'm sure I'm just missing something basic.

Thanks for your patience!

I want to assign the result of an expression to a variable and concatenate it with a string, then echo it. Here's what I've got:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Desktop;
thefile= ls -t -U | grep -m 1 "Screen Shot";
echo "Most recent screenshot is: "$thefile;

But that outputs:

Screen Shot 2011-07-03 at 1.55.43 PM.png
Most recent screenshot is: 

So, it looks like that isn't getting assigned to $thefile, and is being printed as it's executed.