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Re: OT: Unix question
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Steve Cooper <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Cooper <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 24 May 2002 12:47:25 -0500
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On Thu, 23 May 2002 17:46:47 -0500 (Central Daylight Time), "Newton,
Tony" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>That was the first tactic that I tried however I am still getting the D
>format assigned to my variable when I use
>
>:set day=`date -u +%d`
>:echo $day
>1
>:set day="`date -u +%d`"
>:echo $day
>1
>:
>
>Any other ideas?  BTW. I am using the Korn shell.

If you are using the Korn shell, try:

DAY="`date -u +%d`"
echo $DAY

Steve

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