schip@sgi400.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Jan Schipmolder) (06/16/91)
In Message-ID: <31414@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt5870c@prism.gatech.EDU writes > I am having difficulty using the accent grave key. I want to use it to > surround the UNIX date command in an echo statement, there by printing > the date instead of the word date. But the system keeps [ ... ] I don't know why your system is giving you problems. But, on my system, the following two commands have the same identical effect: echo `date` date Since they both have the same effect, why insist on using one and not the other? -- -- jan b. schipmolder schip@sgi422.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com
weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796)) (06/17/91)
In article <16829@leadsv.UUCP>, schip@sgi400.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Jan Schipmolder) writes: |> I don't know why your system is giving you problems. But, on my |> system, the following two commands have the same identical effect: |> |> echo `date` |> date |> |> Since they both have the same effect, why insist on using one and not the |> other? Unfortunately: date;echo ":ERROR routine error" and echo `date`":ERROR routine error" do not have the same affect. Fortunately, Unix always has more that one way to do things. So we can do the following: (date;echo ":ERROR routine error")|awk '{str=str $0}END{print str}' - NOTE: if you must flame this because you're humor impared and you think it's a serious post, at least substitute awk with something with a shorter start-up time before flaming... weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )
mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) (06/18/91)
In article <16829@leadsv.UUCP>, schip@sgi400.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Jan Schipmolder) writes: > [O]n my system, the following two commands have the same identical > effect: > echo `date` > date I would be willing to stake a small amount of money that from the first through the ninth of each month they don't. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu