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# 1  
Old 10-10-2008
Date Format Does not work in Shell
I'm am able to format the date in the unix prompt using NOW=$(date +"%d%m%y"). However, when i put the same format into a shell script, it errors out with the followign.

sintax error on line 4: `NOW=$' unexpected.



#!/bin/ksh

EXP_LOC=/u02/oradata/exports
NOW=$(date +"%d%m%y")

echo $NOW
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"test" 13 lines, 363 characters
# 2  
Old 10-10-2008

That looks as if it's being executed by a non-standard shell rather than by ksh. You can use the old-fashioned form of command substitution:

Code:
NOW=`date +%Y%m%d`

... but you should figure out why it is not using ksh.

How are you calling the script?
# 3  
Old 10-10-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver I don't see anything wrong
Can you try a simpler command? Perhaps just setting with date like in my second assignment in my script. Maybe your system does not like part of the date options??

Code:
> cat date_scr
#!/bin/ksh

EXP_LOC=/u02/oradata/exports
NOW=$(date +"%d%m%y")
echo $NOW
NOW2=$(date)
echo $NOW2

> ksh date_scr
101008
Fri Oct 10 08:24:26 PDT 2008
>

# 4  
Old 10-10-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfajohnson

That looks as if it's being executed by a non-standard shell rather than by ksh. You can use the old-fashioned form of command substitution:

Code:
NOW=`date +%Y%m%d`

... but you should figure out why it is not using ksh.

How are you calling the script?
i was calling the shell using the sh before the script. for instance sh file.sh.

I tried the other way you suggested and worked fine. thanks.
# 5  
Old 10-10-2008

By calling it with sh, you are using a non-standard shell (are you on Solaris?) rather than ksh.
# 6  
Old 10-10-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfajohnson

By calling it with sh, you are using a non-standard shell (are you on Solaris?) rather than ksh.
yes in on a solaris environment
# 7  
Old 10-10-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfajohnson

By calling it with sh, you are using a non-standard shell (are you on Solaris?) rather than ksh.
if i don't use the sh infront of the script, it does not run
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