Hi all how can I print date in this date format? 20071122 Can command "date, hostname" run in awk program itself? program.awk BEGIN { RS = "\n" ; FS = "|" } { print "Name:", $9 print "Created: `date`" print "from: `hostname`" print "" } Thank you ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/