Have you tried: TODAY=`date '+%m/%d/%y'` You need the grave quotes around the statement that you want to run. Larry On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:23:08 +0530 "Mulley, Nikhil" <mnikhil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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... > > Thanks, > Nikhil. > °v° > /(_)\ > ^ ^ > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
