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Old 09-02-2008
awk to print current date?
List,

I want to print the first line of my text file (say "me you"), preceded by the current date/time.

Something like (pseudo code):
awk '{print date,$1}'

I don't have a lot of awk knowledge (understatement), so forgive me if the answer is obvious...
# 2  
Old 09-02-2008
Something like:

Code:
awk 'NR==1{print d, $1}{ ... }' "d=$(date)" file

# 3  
Old 09-02-2008
This worked:

awk '{print d, $1}' "d=$(date)" test.txt

Not sure why you added the { ... }

Thanks a lot!
# 4  
Old 09-02-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by philipz
Not sure why you added the { ... }
Thanks a lot!
I assume you have more then one command?
 
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