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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Arrange date in a field Post 100572 by sabercats on Tuesday 28th of February 2006 02:29:51 PM
Old 02-28-2006
What was wrong with my code ??? it look right to me but it give me the error

datetime="`echo $3 | nawk '{n=split($1, da, "/"); print da[2]"/" da[3]"/20" da[1] " " $2}'`";


this is the error `(' is not expected.

if datetime is work then I solve my problem .

I test this and it works ???
echo '06/02/25 12:05:06' | nawk '{n=split($1, da, "/"); print da[2]"/" da[3]"/20" da[1] " " $2}'

Please knock me where i made mistake .
Thanks,
 

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tartrc(5)						LinuxTaRT configuration file format						 tartrc(5)

NAME
.tartrc - Configuration file for LinuxTaRT DESCRIPTION
LinuxTaRT uses a configuration file called tartrc. This configuration file is searched for in the following location: ~/.tartrc PARAMETERS
CustomText1 = string Signature header or text to replace %c1 in template. CustomText2 = string Signature footer or text to replace %c2 in template. SignatureFile = /path/to/signature_file Location and name file to write the sigature to. TagLineDatabase = /path/to/tagline_database Location and name of tagline database. (defaults to /etc/tart.tags) SpecialDates = /path/to/special_dates Location and name of special date file. CustomFile = /path/to/template Location and name of layout template. The following settings may be overridden from the command line. RunQuiet = 0|1 Display information during executution. ShowDate = 0|1 Display the date in the default signature. ShowVersion = 0|1 Display the LinuxTaRT version in the default signature. CenterText = 0|1 Center the text in the default signature. UseCustomText = 0|1 Generate signature from template or use default layout. UseSpecialDates = 0|1 Check special date file for special dates. RunAsDaemon = seconds Run as a daemon and wait this many seconds between updates. FILES
~/.tartrc SEE ALSO
tart(1) tartdates(5) tart-custom(5) Mark Veinot 1.0.0 tartrc(5)
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