var.iab.ble=<value> issue in shell

[Sangal-Arun]

Hi,

Though i know it's not per the shell variable naming format, but does anyone has any idea how can i resolve the error without changing my variable names.

[gigauser@gigabuild]$ himanshu.ali=pakoda
ksh: himanshu.ali=pakoda: not found
[gigauser@gigabuild]$ bash
EXECUTING /projects/stp/home//.bashrc ...
[gigauser@gigabuild]$

[gigauser@gigabuild]$ himanshu.ali=pakoda
bash: himanshu.ali=pakoda: command not found[stpuser@stpbuild]$


Any ideas!

[Cabhan]

According to the bash man page:

A variable is a parameter denoted by a name.

According to the bash man page, a name is defined as:

       name   A word consisting only of  alphanumeric  characters  and  under-
              scores,  and beginning with an alphabetic character or an under-
              score.  Also referred to as an identifier.

Therefore, variables cannot have a dot in them, and you must change your variable names.

[Sangal-Arun]

According to the bash man page:

A variable is a parameter denoted by a name.

According to the bash man page, a name is defined as:

       name   A word consisting only of  alphanumeric  characters  and  under-
              scores,  and beginning with an alphabetic character or an under-
              score.  Also referred to as an identifier.

Therefore, variables cannot have a dot in them, and you must change your variable names.

That means, now I have to change something in my ANT code as all ANT variables have lovely "." char in the variable names! great