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Hi ,

I have a file with a running sequence number. I need to append a date value mmdd format on to the first column.

for e.g.: The file contains records as

001 abc
002 cde
003 edf
004 fgh
005 hik

The output should be

1111001 abc
1111002 cde
1111003 edf
1111004 fgh
1111005 hik

where 1111 is mmdd format of today's date.

Please suggest.

Thanks in advance.

Code:

nawk -v d=$(date "+%m%d") '{print d$0}' file

should work...