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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers cron shell script question Post 302615899 by Linux_Novice on Friday 30th of March 2012 08:34:21 AM
Old 03-30-2012
cron shell script question

Hi all, hopefully someone out there can give me some tips on how to resolve this

I have a simple shell script
Code:
 
who -u > /tmp/userlog


one of the line stored in userlog when executing shell script manually:

jim123 pts/24 2012-03-30 13:02 00:56 4131 (xya.dsfgds.com)

one of the line stored in userlog when execute the shell script as cron job:

jim123 pts/24 Mar 30 13:02 00:58 4131 (xya.dsfgds.com)



I'm not sure why the date formatting is different executing manually and as cron job but I need the date format to remain unchanged as 2012-03-30 when run as cron job.

any idea is much appreciated.

cheers,

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Last edited by vbe; 03-30-2012 at 09:52 AM..
 

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