On 05 Feb 2002 13:16:56 -0700 Robert Goshko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a line from one of my shell scripts to load the current date and > time into a variable: > > $curdttm = 'echo $blank |date +%Y%m%d-%H%M' > > I have used this on both AIX and HP-UX and it has worked great. > > Doesn't do diddly on my Linux box but set the $curdttm variable to a > value of $'echo $blank |date +%Y%m%d-%H%M'. > > I know someone out there will have another way to do this. #!/bin/bash curdttm=`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M` echo $curdttm gives: 20020205-1536 Using bash, no spaces around "=" and no "$" on assignment. HTH, Pierre
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