Is there a way to combine a part of a command with text bash script

Asked May 27 '20 at 05:33

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i want to have a user input a command to check if one directory has the same files as another one. (it's not complete but here's the area that i'm having trouble with)

echo "enter a command"
read command           #example: cp ../example/b*
mkdir new_directory
new_command = $command + "target/path/new/directory"     #this is where i'm having trouble
$new_command

not sure how to combine a command with some text to complete the cp command? I dont think "+" works here and i also tried cat.

asked May 27 '20 at 05:33

student programmer

@DigvijayS I have tried it out but when I echo the variable to make sure its the right command...nothing shows up (This is what I tried based on that: s=${command} ' /target/path/new/directory' ) – student programmer May 27 '20 at 05:48
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Always use `"` for variable expansion. Try `s="${command} /target/path/new/directory"` – Digvijay S May 27 '20 at 05:51
@DigvijayS it works!! thanks for helping me out :D – student programmer May 27 '20 at 06:04

Is there a way to combine a part of a command with text bash script

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