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# 1  
Old 02-18-2015
Convert a date stored in a variable to epoch date
I am not able to pass date stored in a variable as an argument to date command. I get current date value for from_date and to_date

Code:
 
#!/usr/bin/ksh
set -x
for s in server ; do
ssh -T $s <<-EOF
from_date="12-Jan-2015 12:02:09"
to_date="24-Jan-2015 13:02:09"
echo \$from_date
echo \$to_date
epoch_from_date="`date +%s -d \$from_date`"
epoch_to_date="`date +%s -d \$to_date`"
echo \$epoch_from_date
echo \$epoch_to_date
EOF
done

# 2  
Old 02-18-2015
There seems to be a misapprehension of here documents. man bash (but similar for ksh):
Quote:
. . . all lines of the here-document are subjected to parameter expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic expansion, the character sequence \<newline> is ignored, and \ must be used to quote the characters \, $, and `.
On the other hand, simple commands are NOT run nor are assignments performed. So, some rearrangements and some simple modification get you nearer to your goal, but you can't achieve it:
Code:
for s in server ; do
from_date="12-Jan-2015 12:02:09"                        # works in same shell
to_date="24-Jan-2015 13:02:09"                          # same
ssh -T $s <<-EOF
$(echo $from_date)                                      # same as just $from_date 
$(echo $to_date)                                        # same
$(epoch_from_date=\"`date +%s -d "$from_date"`\")       # works, but in sub shell
$(epoch_to_date=\"`date +%s -d "$to_date"`\")           # same
$(echo $epoch_from_date)                                # var is gone with sub shell
$(echo $epoch_to_date)                                  # same
EOF
done

Don't forget - the here document is fed to ssh's stdin. It should contain (malleable) commands and/or data for ssh, not the shell.
Last edited by RudiC; 02-18-2015 at 02:17 PM..
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# 3  
Old 02-18-2015
Try:
Code:
ssh -T $s <<- "EOF"
...
EOF


Quote:
The format of here-documents is:

<<[-]word
here-document
delimiter

If any characters in word are quoted, the delimiter is the result of quote removal on word, and the lines in the here-
document are not expanded. If word is unquoted, all lines of the here-document are subjected to parameter expansion,
command substitution, and arithmetic expansion. In the latter case, the character sequence \<newline> is ignored, and
\ must be used to quote the characters \, $, and `.
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# 4  
Old 02-18-2015
Thanks for clarification!

I tried this modified code

Code:
 
#!/usr/bin/ksh
set -x
for s in server ; do
ssh -T $s <<- "EOF"
from_date="12-Jan-2015 12:02:09"
to_date="24-Jan-2015 13:02:09"
echo $from_date
echo $to_date
epoch_from_date="`date +%s -d "$from_date"`"
epoch_to_date=\"`date +%s -d "$to_date"`\"
echo $epoch_from_date
echo $epoch_to_date
EOF
done

But do not get the desired result. Last two echo results to

%s
"%s"
Last edited by raj48; 02-18-2015 at 03:00 PM..
# 5  
Old 02-18-2015
Sorry, my post #2 was due to a misapprehension from my side. The only more or less reasonable hint was "take care of the quoting \"`date +%s -d "$from_date"`\" of the variable...
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# 6  
Old 02-18-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by raj48
Thanks for clarification!

I tried this modified code

Code:
 
#!/usr/bin/ksh
set -x
for s in server ; do
ssh -T $s <<- "EOF"
from_date="12-Jan-2015 12:02:09"
to_date="24-Jan-2015 13:02:09"
echo $from_date
echo $to_date
epoch_from_date="`date +%s -d "$from_date"`"
epoch_to_date=\"`date +%s -d "$to_date"`\"
echo $epoch_from_date
echo $epoch_to_date
EOF
done

But do not get the desired result. Last two echo results to

%s
"%s"
I get :
Code:
12-Jan-2015 12:02:09
24-Jan-2015 13:02:09
1421060529
"1422100929"

Ar you sure for s in server is correct. Do you have a server name there, or is it a variable and do you need to put a $ sign in front?
Is the server a Linux system and/or does it have GNU date?
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# 7  
Old 02-18-2015
And, put the set -x into the here document...
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