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Old 01-05-2007
Input parameters
I have a script which take 3 input parameters

1st - a date (i.e. current date)
2nd - type (i.e. A)
3rd - limit (i.e. 40)

normally the date parameter would be current date, so I thought I could do this

calculate.sh $(date +%Y-%m-%d) A 40

however, it seems like it can't be done, instead of 2007-01-05, the command just return $date. I need to pass current date (and 2 other parameters) to a script, how can it be done? Thanks in advance!
# 2  
Old 01-05-2007
It works for me on HP-UX. What OS are you using? What version of 'date'?
# 3  
Old 01-07-2007
it's AIX, thanks!
# 4  
Old 01-07-2007
The command must be executed by a shell that understands the $(...) syntax. This is probably ksh alone on AIX but I'm not an AIX user.
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