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Old 07-15-2010
How to assing 'Mon DD' to a variable?
Hi Experts,

I am trying to assing a value of current 'Mon DD' to the variable following way:

l_day=date '+%b %d'

Unfortunately, at the time of run, it says ' +%b %d: not found'

Thanks
Dip
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Old 07-15-2010
Code:
l_day=`date '+%b %d'`
echo $l_day

or

Code:
l_day=$(date '+%b %d')
echo $l_day

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Old 07-15-2010
Thanks Tyler!! It is working now!!
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