Ah, so simple. Worked like a charm! Many thanks, Igor. On Jan 23, 9:36 am, Igor Savchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello -tb, > > You just need to put slashes before '%': $(date "+\%Y\%m\%d\%H\%M\%S") > > Regards, > Igor > > Sunday, January 23, 2011, 4:47:42 PM, you wrote: > > > I'm trying to get the output of $(date "+%Y%m%d%H%M%S") in a custom > > script. Scalr interprets the date format string as a custom > > variables. When I go to run the script on a role, I get the following > > parameters: > > Y > > d > > M > > Which is obviously not what I want. I've tried wrapping the characters > > with quotes $(date "+%Y""%m""%d""%H""%M""%S"), hoping that it would > > break Scalr's parameter detection, but I get parameters like, Y"". > > Anyone have any ideas on how I can get my formatted date? > > Thanks for the help! > > -- > Best regards, > Igor mailto:[email protected]
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