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Old 12-13-2006
Thanks Anbu.
sumesh.abraham
# 9  
Old 12-13-2006
[[ ]] construct is available in bash. Standard shell lacks the construct, and I think the problem may be that sumesh is assuming that /bin/sh is a symlink to bash (which is the case on some systems).
# 10  
Old 12-13-2006
If you use ksh, you can avoid all the test logic. All you need to do is:
Code:
dateval=${1:-$(date)}

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