> Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 09:07:10 -0500
> From: Jim Reimer - WA5RRH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subj: trouble setting shell variable
>
> I'm trying to rename files based on what time it is *now*....
>
> echo `date` | cut -b 25-28,12-13,15-16,18-19
Why are you echoing? Simply pass the output of date to cut.
> gives me what I want to use for the file name, but I
> can't figure out how to get it into a variable for use
> later in the script when I rename the file. I've tried
>
> variablename=
$ b=`date | cut -b 25-28,12-13,15-16,18-19`
$ echo $b
2038422002
$
HTHs
anna
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