merlyn@intelob.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) (03/31/89)
In article <1177@Portia.Stanford.EDU>, karish@forel (Chuck Karish) writes: | set `date | tr ':' ' '` | hr=$4 | min=$5 | sec=$6 | | If that's not ugly enough for you, use this instead: | | expr "`date`" \: ".*\([ 0-9][0-9]:..\):.*" For the truly ugly (and no additional processes), try: oldIFS="$IFS" IFS=": "; set - `date`; hr=$4 min=$5 sec=$6 IFS="$oldIFS" Amazing what /bin/sh can do for you if you let it. :-) (I'm trying to write EMACS in /bin/sh... anyone want to help? :-) Just another UNIX hacker, -- / Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 \ | on contract to BiiN (for now :-) Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. | |<@intel-iwarp.arpa:merlyn@intelob.intel.com> ...!uunet!tektronix!biin!merlyn | \ Cute quote: "Welcome to Oregon... home of the California Raisins!" /
john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) (04/04/89)
In article <4259@omepd.UUCP>, merlyn@intelob.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) writes: E> In article <1177@Portia.Stanford.EDU>, karish@forel (Chuck Karish) writes: l> | set `date | tr ':' ' '` e> | hr=$4 g> | min=$5 a> | sec=$6 n> | If that's not ugly enough for you, use this instead: c> | expr "`date`" \: ".*\([ 0-9][0-9]:..\):.*" e> For the truly ugly (and no additional processes), try: .> oldIFS="$IFS" IFS=": "; set - `date`; hr=$4 min=$5 sec=$6 IFS="$oldIFS" For the truly elegant (with no additional processes), scarf up the date.c I just posted to comp.unix.questions and alt.sources (if you don't have a System V date command), and try eval `date '+hr=%H min=%M sec=%S'` -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu Remainder Khomeini!