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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Printf %T not working Post 302893859 by manas_ranjan on Friday 21st of March 2014 11:19:11 AM
Old 03-21-2014
Printf %T not working

Dear All,

this script was working well enough few days back. Now it started acting up.
Could anyone please throw some lights about what may be the reason for it's not working.

Code:
ts=$( printf "%(%s)T" "now" )

under debug mode this is what I get

Code:
printf "%(%s)T" "now"
++ printf '%(%s)T' now
test.sh: line 2: printf: `(': invalid format character
+ ts=

my OS is
Code:
x86_64 GNU/Linux

and shell is
Code:
/bin/ksh93

However more strange thing is if I'm running same line on the command prompt not thru any shell script then this same line works like charm.
Code:
> ts=$( printf "%(%s)T" "now" )
> echo $ts
1395415413


Last edited by manas_ranjan; 03-21-2014 at 12:25 PM..
 

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PWD(1)							    BSD General Commands Manual 						    PWD(1)

NAME
pwd -- return working directory name SYNOPSIS
pwd [-L | -P] DESCRIPTION
The pwd utility writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to the standard output. Some shells may provide a builtin pwd command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page. The options are as follows: -L Display the logical current working directory. -P Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved). If no options are specified, the -L option is assumed. ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables used by pwd: PWD Logical current working directory. EXIT STATUS
The pwd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. SEE ALSO
builtin(1), cd(1), csh(1), sh(1), getcwd(3) STANDARDS
The pwd utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1''). BUGS
In csh(1) the command dirs is always faster because it is built into that shell. However, it can give a different answer in the rare case that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after the shell descended into it. The -L option does not work unless the PWD environment variable is exported by the shell. BSD
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