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. :-( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - If Windows isn't a virus, then it sure as hell is a carrier! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list