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01-13-2010, 11:32 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2009
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How to set date time using a file content
I have a file called foo with a date string in it - and nothing else in the file
2010.01.13-22:28:28
I want to send this file content to date -s command so I can modify using a cron job.
I tried several ways to pipe the file contents to date command but did not work. Any tips/suggestions will be appreciated.
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01-13-2010, 11:40 AM
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Registered: Apr 2002
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Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
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Hi, welcome to LQ!
What locale are you in, what's your "normal" date format?
Cheers,
Tink
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01-13-2010, 07:45 PM
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Registered: Apr 2009
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Originally Posted by Tinkster
Hi, welcome to LQ!
What locale are you in, what's your "normal" date format?
Cheers,
Tink
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Latin1, India (EST) I can do date -s with the file contents (copy paste) and everything is fine.. maybe a simpler way is to just add "date -s" in front of the string and execute it as part of cron job. Thanks.
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01-13-2010, 09:28 PM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
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Well ... it should work just like this then.
Code:
date -s "$(cat foo)"
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01-13-2010, 10:58 PM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
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On a different note: why on earth would you want to set
time & date from a file via a cron-job? At the end of the
day crons behavious depends on the time & date, so it
seems very odd to me to have it change those?
Cheers,
Tink
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