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# 1  
Old 09-15-2009
Expect script help
Using expect script how can i change the date (exec date) to following format mm_dd_yy ?
In ksh i can use somthing of the nature DATE=`date '+%m_%d_%y'`

---------- Post updated at 11:52 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:34 PM ----------

Actually what i am looking for it to set a variable DATE to mm_dd_yy using exec---------set DATE [exec date '+%m_%d_%y']
does not work.
# 2  
Old 09-16-2009
Code:
% expect -c 'set DATE [exec date +%m_%d_%y];puts "$DATE"'
09_16_09
% expect -c 'set DATE [clock format [clock seconds] -format %m_%d_%y];puts "$DATE"'
09_16_09

# 3  
Old 09-16-2009
Thank you for the responce. I put the following in the file:
Code:
expect -c 'set DATE [exec date +%m_%d_%y];puts "$DATE"'

but i am getting the error:

Code:
bad flag "-c": must be -glob, -regexp, -exact, -notransfer, -nocase, -i, -indices, -iread, -timestamp, -timeout, -nobrace, or --
    while executing
"expect -c 'set DATE [exec date +%m_%d_%y]"
    (file "./abcd.sh" line 5)

Last edited by radoulov; 09-16-2009 at 04:05 PM.. Reason: please use code tags
# 4  
Old 09-16-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by bhatia
Thank you for the responce. I put the following in the file:
Code:
expect -c 'set DATE [exec date +%m_%d_%y];puts "$DATE"'

but i am getting the error:

Code:
bad flag "-c": must be -glob, -regexp, -exact, -notransfer, -nocase, -i, -indices, -iread, -timestamp, -timeout, -nobrace, or --
    while executing
"expect -c 'set DATE [exec date +%m_%d_%y]"
    (file "./abcd.sh" line 5)

That was an example, you should use the following code in your script:

Code:
set DATE [exec date +%m_%d_%y]

# 5  
Old 09-16-2009
I had tried this earlier and got the following error:

date: bad conversion
while executing
"exec date '+%m_%d_%y'"
invoked from within
"set DATE [exec date '+%m_%d_%y']"
(file "./abcd.sh" line 4)

---------- Post updated at 09:08 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:28 PM ----------

Thank you Radoulov
It worked. i had an extra quote in that.......
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