Op zaterdag 30 maart 2024 12:37:35 CET schreef Leigh Brown: > Hello, > > On 2024-03-30 10:52, Freek de Kruijf wrote: > > I have the following line in a cron job: > > > > 1 1 * * * rm -v /srv/db/webhoneypot-$(date --date=yesterday > > +%Y-%m-%d).json > > > > I get in the journal: > > > > Mar 30 01:01:01 rpi4rasphon CRON[1254]: (root) CMD (rm -v > > /srv/db/webhoneypot- > > $(date --date=yesterday +) > > > > and in the e-mail > > > > /bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ")") > > man 5 crontab says: > [..] > The ``sixth'' field (the rest of the line) specifies the command > to be > run. The entire command portion of the line, up to a > newline or % > character, will be executed by /bin/sh or by the shell specified > in the > SHELL variable of the cronfile. Percent-signs (%) in the > command, un‐ > less escaped with backslash (\), will be changed into newline > charac‐ > ters, and all data after the first % will be sent to the > command as > standard input. > > Regards, > > Leigh.
Thanks. Would never have imaged this is the case. -- vr.gr. Freek de Kruijf
