On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:25:04 -0500 Martin McCormick <mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote:
> > date -j -f "%a %b %d %T %Z %Y" "`date`" "+%s" >f0 > date +%s >f1 > > I then compared the outputs of f0 and f1 and they are identical. > > What does the long form of this command give us that > date +%s fails to do? > > Nothing is broken, here. I am just curious. Thank you. I suspect that the the "long form" is just an example designed to demonstrate more than one thing in single line rather than a practical suggestion. I used to use it in scripts and never questioned it until for some reason it stopped working, and I tried the simpler alternative. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
