[KLUG Members] script getting date variable

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

Take a look at this link:

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/timedate.html#EX51

Then the link to Section 12.1:

#!/bin/bash
# Exercising the 'date' command

echo "The number of days since the year's beginning is
`date +%j`."
# Needs a leading '+' to invoke formatting.
# %j gives day of year.

echo "The number of seconds elapsed since 01/01/1970
is `date +%s`."
#  %s yields number of seconds since "UNIX epoch"
began,
#+ but how is this useful?

prefix=temp
suffix=`eval date +%s`  # The "+%s" option to 'date'
is GNU-specific.
filename=$prefix.$suffix
echo $filename
#  It's great for creating "unique" temp filenames,
#+ even better than using $$.

# Read the 'date' man page for more formatting
options.

exit 0


Jacob



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