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Old 03-10-2010
Date format Display Help
I have tried various arguments to get the date display as "Mar 10".

I have tried

Code:
date +"%c"                         ------->  Wed Mar 10 11:51:21 EST 2010
date +"%b%d%Y_%H%M%S" --------> Mar102010_115121
date  +"%b%d"                     -------> Mar10
date  +"%t%b%e"                ------->  Mar10
date +"%b%t%e"                 ------->  Mar     10

How I can display as Mar 10 (there is just one space between Mar and 10)
Last edited by Scott; 03-10-2010 at 01:09 PM.. Reason: Code tags please...
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Old 03-10-2010
Code:
date +"%b %d"

try that
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Old 03-10-2010
Hi moveaix, when reviewing this keep in mind that with the "" marks you can adjust the spaces or add chars:

date +"%b %d"
Mar 10

date +"%b date=> %d"
Mar date=> 10
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Old 03-10-2010
Thanks jim mcnamara and nj78 for helping and educating me on this.
 
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