Jan-Pieter Cornet wrote:
>
> So, TIMTOTDI squared (look ma', no perl!). This does the same as
> date +%s too:
>
> echo|awk '{print systime()}'
>
But not in Solaris which is where the OP's original hack was born. You
need gawk:
echo|gawk '{print systime()}'
My favorite absurd method in Solaris is:
truss date 2>&1 |awk '/time/ {print $NF}'
dp
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