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Old 08-09-2001
Question display the timestamp of a server UNIX
I can't find the command shell UNIX to display the timestamp of the current date.
It's not an option of the commande date.
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Old 08-09-2001

Do you just want the time on a Unix system? date should provide that... if not, please post back with the type of Unix you are using - I'll do my best to look into it.
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Old 08-09-2001
my UNIX version
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Originally posted by LivinFree

Do you just want the time on a Unix system? date should provide that... if not, please post back with the type of Unix you are using - I'll do my best to look into it.
my UNIX version AIX 4.3 (not sure) but the shell is sh.
I want to display the time on the timestamp format.
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Old 08-09-2001
man date

It is all right there. Smilie
 
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