On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 10:44 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 13:36 -0500, Lou Spironello wrote:
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > echo "test" | awk -v mydate=`date +%Y%m%d` '{printf "standard input is
> > %s\nmy variable value is %s\n",$1,mydate}'
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lou
> >
> > On Nov 21, 2007 12:22 PM, ann kok < annkok2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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
>
> Try "date +%Y%m%d" instead of just "date":
>
> print "Created: `date+%y%m%d`"
Whoops! Me make typo! Make that
print "Created: `date +%Y%m%d`"
Fingers not working well today. :-(
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