you need to use the double-quotes instead of single-quotes. ;-) On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:41:11 +0530, Mulley, Nikhil <mnikhil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yeah Bill, I do not want to reuse the TODAY variable external to the shell script, But what I want to say is When I echo $TODAY variable , it is not displaying the Data. > myprompt$./storedate > ./storedate: +%m/%d/%y: not found > myprompt$ > > ~Nikhil. > > -----Original Message----- > From: $Bill Luebkert [mailto:dbecoll@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:37 PM > To: Mulley, Nikhil > Cc: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: storing todays date into a shell variable > > > Mulley, Nikhil wrote: > > > Hi , > > I wanna have a shell script which puts the today's date into a shell > > variable and later use the Shell Variable for other reasons, > > I have been using like this.. > > > > #!/bin/sh > > TODAY=date '+%m/%d/%y' > > echo $TODAY > > Can any one tell me what could be wrong in this... > > Changing the date in your env will only change it for you and any child > processes you create. Once your shell script exits, the TODAY will > disappear for any new scripts run. > > -- > ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:dbecoll@xxxxxxxxxxxx > (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:dbe@xxxxxxxxx > / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ > -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- "Every morning, I get up and look through the 'Forbes' list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work" -- Robert Orben fingerprint: F615 80CF 76A4 9B73 23CF 7BBC 473B D1B1 751B 8297 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
