Hi,
I am trying to execute an script using cron and want to capture its logs.

34 07 * * * /tmp/Script.sh >/var/tmp/Log/`date +%d%m%Y%H%M%S`_Script.log

But i am getting error as -

/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
/bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I had tried below options as well but none had worked -

1. Keep timestamp value in a variable and using that and use that TIMESTAMP=`date +%d%m%Y%H%M%S`

2. use $() instead of ` `

3. use "` `"

4. use $({ })

However all these options work perfectly fine manually.

Thanks.

Seen from cron the % is a special character and needs to be escaped (`date "+\%d\%m\%Y\%H\%M\%S"`_Script.log)

http://www.ducea.com/2008/11/12/usin...ontab-entries/ (search for crontab escape special characters for more)

An even better solution would be to make the creation and filling of the log file part of the script.

Thanks,
It worked.

An article explaining the Linux cronjob scheduling with the help of examples.

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