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# 1  
Old 04-11-2011
date command not working
hi
Code:
 

#!usr/bin/perl -w
local ($date) = `/sbin/date "+%D %X" ` ;
print $date

when i run this in ksh shell it is giving the below error
sh: /sbin/date: not found

but same code is working and displaying date and time in sh shell.

what could be the reason.
pls help
# 2  
Old 04-11-2011
Hi.

I think it unlikely that date would be in /sbin. More likely in /bin.

You also miss a / in your "shebang":

Code:
# cat perl1
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
local ($date) = `/bin/date "+%D %X" ` ;
print $date

# ./perl1
11/04/11 01:15:28 PM

# 3  
Old 04-12-2011
hi
i added / still same error is coming.
in sbin folder date command is working.
but above script is not working
# 4  
Old 04-12-2011
You mean that typing:
Code:
/usr/sbin/date

from the command line works?

(/usr/bin is in the PATH, so just typing date from any directory will work)
# 5  
Old 04-12-2011
yes. thats correct. but one of my perl files is having the code.
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
local ($date) = `/sbin/date "+%D %X" ` ;
print $date

while execute this code gives error
sh: /sbin/date: not found

i need to run from same path.how to make it
# 6  
Old 04-12-2011
If /usr/sbin/date is working, then consider changing your perl script to use /usr/sbin/perl.

Sounds like you are on a fairly old platform where /sbin and /usr/sbin/ contain statically linked executables.

What is the output of:
Code:
ls -l /sbin/date
ls -l /usr/sbin/date

# 7  
Old 04-25-2011
i execute it from root

ls -l /sbin/date not found


ls -l /usr/sbin/date not found
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