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Old 02-02-2012
date command option e Help needed please!!
Hi All,

I was trying to get the date in format "Feb2" I tried
Quote:
1)
`date +'%b%e'`
output: Feb 2
2)
`date +'%b%d'`
output: Feb02
3)
`date +'%h%e'`
output: Feb 2
option "e" giving me a padded space and getting the result as "Feb 2". Though its working fine for dates 10 to 31.

Please suggest me how to get rid of this space before date.

Thanks
Olivia
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Old 02-02-2012
What's your system?

What's your shell?

In BASH and new KSH you can do:

Code:
VAR=`date +'%b%e`
# Strip out spaces
VAR="${VAR// }"

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Olivia
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Old 02-02-2012
Code:
date +%b%-d

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# 4  
Old 02-02-2012
:-( ksh93 on Solaris. What am I missing?

Code:
$ date +%b%-d
Feb%-d
$

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Olivia
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Old 02-03-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
What's your system?

What's your shell?

In BASH and new KSH you can do:

Code:
VAR=`date +'%b%e`
# Strip out spaces
VAR="${VAR// }"

I really appreciate your help, thanks a lot. It worked for me Smilie
 
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