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This is the statement that I run ...It appends the date , but I get these annoying errors as well ...

$ vmstat 3 5 | appendDate

appendDate: function: not found

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appendDate: syntax error at line 8: `}' unexpected

Why do I get these errors ..Am i missing something ...

appendDate: function: not found
appendDate: syntax error at line 8: `}' unexpected

Additional Info ..

$ ls -l appendDate
-rwx--x--x 1 oracle dba 104 Nov 15 10:37 appendDate

$ cat appendDate

function appendDate{
while read line
do
printf "$line"
date '+ %m-%d-%Y %H:%M:%S'
done
}


$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh

$ uname -a
SunOS Westpark 5.7 Generic_106541-34 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
$

Thanks

You have implemented the code that I provided as a script not a function, so just change your appendDate script to...

Code:

while read line
do
  printf "$line"
  date '+ %m-%d-%Y %H:%M:%S'
done

Thanks Ygor for clarifying that ...It works fine now, as a script ...

How do I compile the code, that you gave me initially, as a function ....

Thanks for your time ....