date problem

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 04:08 AM

hi there!!

i know this is just a simple issue but i need some help on to make this command(date '+%b%e') produce an output as an example below:

Jun 8 instead of Jun 8

(see the spaces..)

thank you all!!

acid_kewpie · 06-08-2006, 04:15 AM

what spaces??

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 04:33 AM

oh sorry! how do i display the extra spaces here? i mean the command date '+%b%e' would display Jun(space)8 or as in Jun 8.. but what i want to come up with is that I want it to display like Jun(space)(space)8 or 2 spaces between Jun and 8..

slackie1000 · 06-08-2006, 04:39 AM

hi there,
what about

Code:

date '+%b %e'

regards,
slackie1000

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackie1000

hi there,
what about

Code:

date '+%b %e'

regards,
slackie1000

hehe!! nice try! but ive done that already.. nothing happens..

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 04:50 AM

sorry folks.. i forgot to tell you that im using this piece of command in a script... say:

#!/bin/sh
date=$(date '+%b%e')
echo $date
etc.. etc.. etc...

i want the space to appear in the output as in Jun(space)(space)8 instead of Jun(space)8 or Jun 8. how do i do that?

slackie1000 · 06-08-2006, 04:58 AM

hi there,
you should have told us in your first post about the script.

Code:

echo "`date '+%b %e'`"

regards,
slackie1000

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 05:09 AM

thank you but how do i do declare my date variable to come up with my desired output???

homey · 06-08-2006, 06:39 AM

Put the variable in quotes...

Code:

#!/bin/sh

date=$(date '+%b  %e')
echo "$date"

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homey

Put the variable in quotes...

Code:

#!/bin/sh

date=$(date '+%b  %e')
echo "$date"

already done this but still the result is still the same...

////// · 06-08-2006, 09:09 PM

debian ~ # date=$(date '+%b%e')
debian ~ # echo "$date"
Jun 9
debian ~ #

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by //////

debian ~ # date=$(date '+%b%e')
debian ~ # echo "$date"
Jun 9
debian ~ #

but i want it to display this way:

Jun(space)(space)9 instead of that output "Jun(space)9" or "Jun 9"

yongitz · 06-08-2006, 09:34 PM

got it right!! i missed the double quotes.. thank you all!!!