UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

    chmod 777 outputFile.txt
    copy inputFile.txt outputFile.txt

    var=$(date '+%d-%m-%Y')

    while read line
    do
    printf "%s,%s\n" "$line" "$var"
    done < outputFile.txt

 sed "s/$/,$var/" text.file

 cp inputFile.txt outputFile.txt

 
sed -i

while read line
    do
    printf "%s,%s\n" "$line" "$var"
    done < outputFile.txt > new_outputfile.txt

% cat testfile
I want to append the date at the end of each line.
I have tried the following, but neither is working.

% while read line; do printf "%s,%s\n" "$line" $(date '+%d-%m-%Y'); done <testfile
I want to append the date at the end of each line.,21-06-2011
I have tried the following, but neither is working.,21-06-2011

% var=$(date '+%d-%m-%Y')

% while read line; do printf "%s,%s\n" "$line" "$var"; done <testfile >outputfile

% cat outputfile
I want to append the date at the end of each line.,21-06-2011
I have tried the following, but neither is working.,21-06-2011