Date Format Does not work in Shell - Page 2

cfajohnson · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrx1350

if i don't use the sh infront of the script, it does not run

Then either put it in a directory in your PATH or call it with an explicit path, e.g., ./myscript, and make sure it is executable.

Or call it with ksh instead of sh.

joeyg · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2008

Can you try a simpler command? Perhaps just setting with date like in my second assignment in my script. Maybe your system does not like part of the date options??

Code:

> cat date_scr
#!/bin/ksh

EXP_LOC=/u02/oradata/exports
NOW=$(date +"%d%m%y")
echo $NOW
NOW2=$(date)
echo $NOW2

> ksh date_scr
101008
Fri Oct 10 08:24:26 PDT 2008
>

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