In the following command (fdate=`$filedate +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
) if I put the filedate I get the below error. That's why I was trying to do date=$filedate

Output............................
fdate1:
filesize is: 0
fdate is empty or fdate has spaces
Jul 21 00:54
perf_totals.sh[33]: Jul: not found (errror...........)
date time when file was created is: