Hi , Nikhil again ... :) I wanna store the current month in a shell variable , for which I am attempting to do like this ... #!/usr/bin/sh MON=`(date | awk '{print $2}') echo $MON But when I execute the script , I get nothing... Can anyone point me in where I have gone wrong ?? °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list