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how to get a space between the result of (date +%d) command
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I want to insert a space between the result of the following command.

day=$(date %d)
i get the result as ------- Sep 2
i want to get the result as Sep 2(two space between Sep and 2)
how can i get this...
is this possible wid awk??
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Code:
$ date '+%b %e'
Sep   8
$
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am using ksh
and am getting the error as +%b %e not found
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Are you using incorrect quotes? The error message sounds like you are using backticks (ASCII 96) not regular straight quotes.
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i am using the straight quotes only.....
now i got that but the space is not added...
am getting the same result
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Wink What about the following
Code:
> date | awk '{print $2," "$3}'
Sep  8
or
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> date | cut -d" " -f2-4
Sep  8
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The spaces are there. You'll need to use double quotes to see them!

fred=`date '+%b %e'`

echo $fred
Sep 8

echo "$fred"
Sep 8
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