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sysdate -p -f%d/%m/%Y

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I check script written in Unix commands and i face misunderstanding in date format.
the format is ( sysdate -p -f%d/%m/%Y ). can you told me what is ( -p and
-f ) means. and can you write sample for this.
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I don't know what -p is for, and I don't know why
Code:
date +%d/%m/%Y
is not used.

I've seen sysdate as part of some oddball command utilities. -f declares the format string like "+" does for the POSIX standard command "date".
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