LPIC-1 Exam 102 (Linux Administrator) — Question 17

Which of the following commands puts the output of the command date into the shell variable mydate?

Answer options

• A. mydate="$(date)"
• B. mydate="exec date"
• C. mydate="$((date))"
• D. mydate="date"
• E. mydate="${date}"

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer A uses command substitution with $(...) to capture the output of the date command and assign it to mydate. Options B and D do not execute the command correctly for variable assignment, while C uses arithmetic expansion incorrectly, and E tries to reference an already existing variable instead of executing the command.