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Old 05-09-2007
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Seems that your shell doesn't support pattern syntax ${day#0}
Try:
Code:
day=`date +%d`
dt=`date +%b`" "`echo ${day}|sed 's/^0//'`
grep "$dt.*fail" /var/adm/SYSLOG

Jean-Pierre.